The Tree at the Navel of the Earth / / E. A. S. Butterworth.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Classics and Near East Studies <1990
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]
©1970
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:Reprint 2018
Language:German
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Physical Description:1 online resource (239 p.) :; 31 plates
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • CONTENTS
  • Illustrations
  • Chapter I. The Mountain, the Pillar and the Tree
  • Chapter II. The Central Symbols in the Mediterranean World and Beyond
  • Chapter III. The Twin Mountains, the Twin Stars and the Dioscuri
  • Chapter IV. In the Garden of Eden
  • Chapter VI. The Assouciated Symbols: I. The Lunar Crescent and the Bowl
  • Chapter VII. The Symbols of Ecstasy in Ancient Mesopotamia: The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Myths of Etana and the Indian Prince Jimutavahana
  • Chapter VIII. Some Signs of the Practice of Yoga in Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Chapter IX. The Tales Odysseus told Alkinoos, and an Akkadian Seal
  • Chapter X. Some Origins
  • Chapter XI. The Crucifixion on the Lotharkreuz at Aachen
  • Index
  • Plates