TY - BOOK AU - Chevalier, Jean AU - Gheerbrant, Alain TI - A dictionary of symbols SN - 0-631-19265-4 PY - 1969/// CY - Oxford, UK PB - Blackwell Reference KW - Signs and symbols KW - FAST KW - Folklore KW - Mythology KW - Symbolism in folklore KW - Symbolism KW - Encyclopedias and dictionaries N1 - Orig. French ed. cEditions Robert Laffont S.A. et Editions Jupiter, Paris, 1969.. Transl. from the French (Dictionaire des Symboles) by John Buchanan-Brown.. Engl. transl. 1st pub. by Blackwell Pubs. in 1994 N2 - 'This book draws together folklore, literary and artistic sources, and focuses on the symbolic dimension of every colour, number, sound, gesture, expression or character trait that has benefitted from symbolic interpretation. The conscious and unconscious minds are explored, desire and dreams are treated alongside the known and the chronicled.' ER -