The Evolution of the Dragon
by Grafton Elliot Smith
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About this eBook
- Author
- Smith, Grafton Elliot, 1871-1937
- Credits
- Produced by Colin Bell, Dave Maddock and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file made using scans of public domain works at the University of Georgia.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism
- Subject
- Incense
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 22038
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22038
- Release Date
- July 10, 2007
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE EVOLUTION OF THE DRAGON
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.
- 5.Chapter I. — INCENSE AND LIBATIONS. [3] — The Beginning of Stone-Working. — The Origin of Embalming. — Early Mummies. — The Significance of Libations. — Early Biological Theories. — Incense. — The Breath of Life. — The Power of the Eye. — The Moon and the Sky-World. — The Worship of the Cow. — The Diffusion of Culture. — Summary. — APPENDIX A. — APPENDIX B. — APPENDIX C.
- 6.Chapter II. — DRAGONS AND RAIN GODS. [130] — The Dragon in America and Eastern Asia. — The Evolution of the Dragon. — The Dragon Myth. — The Thunder-Weapon. [203] — The Deer. — The Ram. — The Pig. — Certain Incidents in the Dragon Myth. — The Ethical Aspect.
- 7.Chapter III. — THE BIRTH OF APHRODITE. [235] — The Search for the Elixir of Life. Blood as Life. — The Cowry as a Giver of Life. — The Origin of Clothing. — Pearls. — Sharks and Dragons. — The Octopus. — The Swastika. — The Mother Pot — Artemis and the Guardian of the Portal. — The Mandrake. — The Measurement of Time. — The Seven-headed Dragon. — The Pig. — Gold and the Golden Aphrodite. — Aphrodite as the Thunder-stone. — The Serpent and the Lioness.
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