Description: Classic of Mountains and Seas, Paperback by Birrell, Anne (EDT), ISBN 0140447199, ISBN-13 9780140447194, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This major source of Chinese mythology (third century BC to second century AD) contains a treasure trove of rare data and colorful fiction about the mythical figures, rituals, medicine, natural history, and ethnic peoples of the ancient world.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas explores 204 mythical figures such as the gods Foremost, Fond Care, and Yellow, and goddesses Queen Mother of the West and Girl Lovely, as well as many other figures unknown outside this text. This eclectic Classic also contains crucial information on early medicine (with cures for impotence and infertility), omens to avert catastrophe, and rites of sacrifice, and familiar and unidentified plants and animals. It offers a guided tour of the known world in antiquity, moving outwards from the famous mountains of central China to the lands “beyond the seas.”
Translated with an introduction and notes by Anne Birrell.
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Original Language: Chinese
Book Title: Classic of Mountains and Seas
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: Classics, Sagas, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Folklore & Mythology
Publication Year: 2000
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.2 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Anne Birrell
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
