04084nam 2200661 a 450 991046233140332120211211002336.01-282-27275-697866138151560-8135-4472-610.36019/9780813544724(CKB)2670000000233588(EBL)3032157(SSID)ssj0000701332(PQKBManifestationID)11468322(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701332(PQKBWorkID)10672732(PQKB)10441621(MiAaPQ)EBC3032157(OCoLC)808381521(MdBmJHUP)muse21429(DE-B1597)529098(DE-B1597)9780813544724(Au-PeEL)EBL3032157(CaPaEBR)ebr10583944(CaONFJC)MIL381515(EXLCZ)99267000000023358820070618d2008 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrGods and goddesses in the garden[electronic resource] Greco-Roman mythology and the scientific names of plants /Peter BernhardtNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20081 online resource (262 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4266-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215) and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Preface: The Face in the Flower --Acknowledgments --Disclaimer --Chapter 1. In the Cyclop’s Orchard --Chapter 2. Constructing a Centaur --Chapter 3. Mother Earth and Her Children --Chapter 4. The Triumph of Zeus --Chapter 5. The Gods of Olympus --Chapter 6. Mortal Monarchs and Monsters --Chapter 7. Troy and Its Aftermath --Epilogue: A Plant for Persephone? --Glossary --Selected and Annotated Bibliography --General Index --Index of Scientific Names --About the AuthorZeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your own backyard garden. In this delightful book, botanist Peter Bernhardt reveals the rich history and mythology that underlie the origins of many scientific plant names. Unlike other books about botanical taxonomy that take the form of heavy and intimidating lexicons, Bernhardt's account comes together in a series of interlocking stories. Each chapter opens with a short version of a classical myth, then links the tale to plant names, showing how each plant "resembles" its mythological counterpart with regard to its history, anatomy, life cycle, and conservation. You will learn, for example, that as our garden acanthus wears nasty spines along its leaf margins, it is named for the nymph who scratched the face of Apollo. The shape-shifting god, Proteus, gives his name to a whole family of shrubs and trees that produce colorful flowering branches in an astonishing number of sizes and shapes. Amateur and professional gardeners, high school teachers and professors of biology, botanists and conservationists alike will appreciate this book's entertaining and informative entry to the otherwise daunting field of botanical names. Engaging, witty, and memorable, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden transcends the genre of natural history and makes taxonomy a topic equally at home in the classroom and at cocktail parties.Greco-Roman mythology and the scientific names of plantsPlantsNomenclaturePlantsMythologyPlantsFolkloreElectronic books.PlantsPlantsMythology.Plants580.1/4Bernhardt Peter1952-63133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462331403321Gods and goddesses in the garden2483465UNINA02905oam 2200661I 450 991078959790332120230617021449.01-136-85467-31-136-85474-61-315-02888-310.4324/9781315028880 (CKB)3710000000056217(EBL)1542846(OCoLC)863823594(SSID)ssj0001173966(PQKBManifestationID)11667640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001173966(PQKBWorkID)11105757(PQKB)10318946(MiAaPQ)EBC1542846(Au-PeEL)EBL1542846(CaPaEBR)ebr10799173(CaONFJC)MIL761564(OCoLC)958107467(OCoLC)868979086(FINmELB)ELB137661(EXLCZ)99371000000005621720180706d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIdentity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism the foundations of authority in Gelukpa monasticism /Martin A. MillsLondon ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2003.1 online resource (435 p.)RoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditionsRoutledgeCurzon studies in tantric traditionsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-59138-4 0-7007-1470-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.part one. The face of monasticism -- part two. Truth and hierarchy in tantric ritual -- part three. Local rites -- part four. Authority and the person in Gelukpa monasticism -- part five. Ideology, ritual and state.This is a major anthropological study of contemporary Tibetan Buddhist monasticism and tantric ritual in the Ladakh region of North-West India and of the role of tantric ritual in the formation and maintenance of traditional forms of state structure and political consciousness in Tibet. <BR>Containing detailed descriptions and analyses of monastic ritual, the work builds up a picture of Tibetan tantric traditions as they interact with more localised understandings of bodily identity and territorial cosmology, to produce a substantial re-interpretation of the place of monks as ritual performerRoutledge Studies in Tantric TraditionsBuddhist monasticism and religious ordersAuthorityReligious aspectsBuddhist monasticism and religious orders.AuthorityReligious aspects.294.3/923Mills Martin A.1534851MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789597903321Identity, ritual and state in Tibetan Buddhism3782683UNINA