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Giants, Monsters, ana Dragons An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth

Carol Rose

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Carol Rose

ABC-CLIO

Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England

Copyright © 2000 by Carol Rose All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rose, Carol, 1943Giants, monsters, and dragons : an encyclopedia of folklore, legend, and myth / Carol Rose, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-87436-988-6 (hard : alk. paper) 1. Monsters—Encyclopedias. 2. Giants—Encyclopedias. 3. Dragons—Encyclopedias. I. Title. GR825.R67 2000 398.2'03—dc21 00-009117 CIP 05

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For my fa ther, Leslie Allen, who taught me to love the world of enquiry, and to love enquiring about the world

CONTENTS

LIST OF ENTRIES, ix

INTRODUCTION, xxv

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOLKLORE, LEGEND, AND MYTH

1 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, 413

APPENDIXES, 417

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