1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464254203321

Autore

Roling Bernd <1972->

Titolo

Drachen und Sirenen [[electronic resource] ] : die Rationalisierung und Abwicklung der Mythologie an den europäischen Universitäten / / von Bernd Roling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-283-03930-3

9786613039309

90-04-18942-4

90-04-18520-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (832 p.)

Collana

Mittellateinische Studien und Texte, , 0076-9754 ; ; v. 42

Altri autori (Persone)

RolingBernd <1972->

Disciplina

133.4/2094

Soggetti

Animals, Mythical - Europe - Identification - History

Natural history - Study and teaching (Higher) - Europe

Animals, Mythical, in literature

Demonology - Europe - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [669]-763) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Einleitung -- Vom Wasserdämon zum Meeraffen: die Sirene -- Vom Teufel zum Affen: der Satyr -- Von der Teufelsgeburt zum Mammutknochen: der Gigant -- Zwerge und Primaten: die Pygmäen -- Vom Dämon zur Eidechse: der Drache -- Schlussbetrachtungen -- Literatur.

Sommario/riassunto

What kind of being did a sailor see, when he was confronted with a mermaid? A demon, a fairy, a monster, or only an extraordinary marine mammal? Transmitted by the tradition of ancient natural history the European universities faced many creatures belonging to natural science as well as to mythology, which still could be observed throughout the world. While medieval sholarship treated those beings as subjects for demonology, early modern scholars started to rationalize the sirens and satyrs and developed new models of explanation. Throughout hundreds of academical disputations the debate on hybrid creatures can be followed up to the time of Linné and



Buffon and the zoological classifications of the 18th century. This study reconstructs the discussions of hybrid creatures as part of the Early Modern change of paradigms and the longue durée of ancient and medieval natural history with the help of five examples, sirens, satyrs, giants, pygmies, and dragons.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910707216303321

Autore

Christman Robert A (Robert Adam), <1924->

Titolo

Geology and thorium deposits of the Wet Mountains, Colorado : a progress report / / by R.A. Christman [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1959

Washington, D.C. : , : Government Printing Office

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 491-535 pages, 2 pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, charts

Collana

Contributions to economic geology

Geological Survey bulletin ; ; 1072-H

Soggetti

Geology - Colorado - Wet Mountains

Thorium ores - Colorado - Wet Mountains

Geology

Thorium ores

Colorado Wet Mountains

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This report concerns work done partly on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and is published with the permission of the Commission"

Title from title screen (viewed July 23, 2014).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 532-533) and index.