Plants of Life, Plants of Death
Download or Read eBook Plants of Life, Plants of Death PDF written by Frederick J. Simoons and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Frederick J. Simoons |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0299159043 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780299159047 |
Rating | : 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Plants of Life, Plants of Death by : Frederick J. Simoons
Book excerpt: This study examines plants associated with ritual purity, fertility, prosperity and life, and plants associated with ritual impurity, sickness, ill fate and death. It provides detail from history, ethnography, religious studies, classics, folklore, ethnobotany and medicine.