"Contains nine interdisciplinary specialist studies focusing on animals and symbols, ideas, or images in the art and literature of the Middle Ages. Topics include speciest hermeneutics in the Physiologus of Theobaldus; antifeminism in the iconography of the woman-headed serpent in Medieval and Renaissance art and literature; and the truculent toad in the Middle Ages." [Book News]
"From Avalon to Zeus, from Atlantis to Wonderland, this book offers a complete directory of mythical creatures, people, and places, culled from mythology, literature, and folk tales from all over the world. 300 color illustrations."