
Автор: Mark O'Shea
Издательство: University of Chicago Press
Год: 2018
Формат: epub, true pdf
Страниц: 656
Размер: 48.2 Mb, 130 Mb
Язык: English
For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue flick and so these creatures have held a special place in our cultures. Yet, for as many meanings that we attribute to snakes—from fertility and birth to sin and death—the real-life species represent an even wider array of wonders.