Mythic Creatures and the Impossibly Real Animals Who Inspired Them
by Laurel Kendall, Richard Ellis, Mark A. Norell
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Adapted from the American Museum of Natural History exhibition Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids, this book explores an array of mythological creatures--and the real animals that inspired them. Lush photos showcase rare objects from around the world as well as models of mythical beasts like krakens and Rocs, along with fossils of actual extinct animals such as the six-foot-tall primate called Gigantopithecus and dinosaurs such as Protoceratops, which may have inspired the show more griffin. Also included are engravings, paintings, maps, and ephemera from the Middle Ages to modern times, all capturing the origins of legendary animals that continue to thrill, terrify, and enchant us. show lessTags
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This was a really well done book. It was well put together, and very informative. The facts were quick and to the point, and the pictures aided in picturing how people viewed both the mythical creatures and the real creatures that inspired them. I highly recommend this as a read.
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Laurel Kendall is Curator of Asian Ethnographic Collections at the American Museum of Natural History and Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University.
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Richard Ellis is one of America's most celebrated marine artists & writers. The author of ten books, including "The Search for the Giant Squid" & "Men & Whales". Ellis makes his home in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- 001.944 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Knowledge and learning in general Aliens/UFOs Mysteries (Atlantis, Bermuda Triangle) Monsters and related phenomena (Abominable snowman, Loch Ness monster)
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