num_pages: 191
description: This is a companion to the hugely successful A Comprehensive Dictionary . The earlier dictionary was arranged by symbol and told what the meanings were. The present work goes the other way (but it is not simply a refiguring of the data). It presents ideas, situations or objects (ancient to modern), and gives the appropriate symbols (allusions, associations, attributes, or emblems). Some one of the symbols for "hell" is descending stairs; an attribute of Saint Benedict is a raven; joy after sorrow is symbolized by the gemstone, amber. Literary, artistic, religious, heraldic, numerological, folkloric, occult, psychological, and biblical usages are included.
language: English
title: Reverse Symbolism Dictionary: Symbols Listed by Subject
titlecomplete: Reverse Symbolism Dictionary: Symbols Listed by Subject
genres: Reference
ratings_count: 10
publisher: McFarland