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  • The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols

    The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols - Paperback

    The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols - Paperback

    By Jean Chevalier and Alain Gheerbrant

About Jean Chevalier Books

Jean Chevalier (1906-1993) was a French writer, philosopher, and theologian. Until 1964, he was director of the Bureau of Relations for Member States at UNESCO, a post he left to research and write Dictionnaire des symboles with famed Amazon explorer Alain Gheerbrant. A compendium of more than 1,600 articles about the symbolism of myths, dreams, colors, habits, etc., found in folklore and mythology, this encyclopedia of cultural anthropology is published as The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols in English.