Dragons, Ogres, and Scary Things: Two African Folktales

by Kathleen Arnott

This book examines ancient figurines from several world areas to address recurring challenges in the interpretation of prehistoric art. Sometimes figurines from one context are perceived to resemble those from another. Richard G. Lesure asks whether such resemblances play a role in our interpretations. Early interpreters seized on the idea that figurines were recurringly female and constructed the fanciful myth of a primordial Neolithic Goddess. Contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811669785
• ISBN13: 9780811669788
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Garrard Pub. Co.
• Length: 64 Pages