Stories
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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols
What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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Blood
Discover the history, mythology and taboos around blood and menopause, and hear from some contemporary voices about their experiences of periods and the onset of menopause.
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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner
Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.
Catalogue
- Books
Snake venom poisoning / Findlay E. Russell.
Russell, Findlay E.Date: [1980], ©1980- Books
Volkserotik und Pflanzenwelt : eine Darstellung alter wie moderner erotischer und sexueller Gebräuche, Vergleiche, Benennungen, Sprichwörter, Redewendungen, Rätsel, Volkslieder erotischen Zaubers und Aberglaubens, sexueller Heilkunde, die sich auf Pflanzen beziehen / Dr. Aigremont [i.e. Siegmar Baron von Schultze-Galléra].
Schultze-Galléra, Siegmar, Baron von, 1865-1945.Date: [1997], ©1997- Books
Wie die Schlange zum Teufel wurde : die Symbolik in der Paradiesgeschichte von der hebräischen Bibel bis zum Koran / Manuela Martinek.
Martinek, Manuela.Date: 1996- Books
The serpent as a healing god in antiquity / Arturo Castiglioni.
Castiglioni, Arturo, 1874-1953.Date: 1942- Books
El ojo en la mitología - su simbolismo / [Juan Eduardo Cirlot].
Cirlot, Juan Eduardo.Date: 1954