AN EGG AT EASTER : A Folklore Study

NEWALL, Venetia

44827 Foreword by Robert Wildhaber. London: Routledge Kegan Paul, 1971. 2nd Imp. Hc. 22cm x 14cm, xxii,423pp., fp., colour & b/w plates, footnotes, appendices, index. Ex library, o/w a very good copy in like (prot.) d/w. A detailed 'comparative understanding of the egg myth', in all its forms throughout history and around the world. Chapters include Creation Myths, Sacrifice, Witchcraft and Magic, Fertility, Purity, Resurrection and the like, as well as information on decorating eggs, artificial eggs, and Easter egg pastimes and games. $25.00AUD
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