Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men write by Phyllis Siefker. This book was released on 1997-01-01. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem The Night Before Christmas. His description of Saint Nicholas personified the jolly old elf known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call Wild Men who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania's Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms--Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow--into today's carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf.
Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men
Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men write by Phyllis Siefker. This book was released on 2006-11-27. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much of the modern-day vision of Santa Claus is owed to the Clement Moore poem "The Night Before Christmas." His description of Saint Nicholas personified the "jolly old elf" known to millions of children throughout the world. However, far from being the offshoot of Saint Nicholas of Turkey, Santa Claus is the last of a long line of what scholars call "Wild Men" who were worshipped in ancient European fertility rites and came to America through Pennsylvania's Germans. This pagan creature is described from prehistoric times through his various forms--Robin Hood, The Fool, Harlequin, Satan and Robin Goodfellow--into today's carnival and Christmas scenes. In this thoroughly researched work, the origins of Santa Claus are found to stretch back over 50,000 years, jolting the foundation of Christian myths about the jolly old elf.
Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification, Revised and Expanded
Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification, Revised and Expanded - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification, Revised and Expanded write by Jerry Saye. This book was released on 1999-09-09. Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification, Revised and Expanded available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work has been revised and updated to include the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed), the Dewey Decimal System Classification (21st ed) and the Library of Congress Classification Schedules. The text details the essential elements of the International Standard Bibliographic Description; introduces the associated OCLC/MARC specifications; and more. The downloadable resources give more than 500 PowerPoint slides and graphics identical to the text, in addition to scans of the title page, and title page verso and other illustrations that support examples from Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed).
Santa Claus Worldwide
Santa Claus Worldwide - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Santa Claus Worldwide write by Tom A. Jerman. This book was released on 2020-05-11. Santa Claus Worldwide available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a comprehensive history of the world's midwinter gift-givers, showcasing the extreme diversity in their depictions as well as the many traits and functions these characters share. It tracks the evolution of these figures from the tribal priests who presided over winter solstice celebrations thousands of years before the birth of Christ, to Christian notables like St. Martin and St. Nicholas, to a variety of secular figures who emerged throughout Europe following the Protestant Reformation. Finally, it explains how the popularity of a poem about a "miniature sleigh" and "eight tiny reindeer" helped consolidate the diverse European gift-givers into an enduring tradition in which American children awake early on Christmas morning to see what Santa brought. Although the names, appearance, attire and gift-giving practices of the world's winter solstice gift-givers differ greatly, they are all recognizable as Santa, the personification of the Christmas and Midwinter festivals. Despite efforts to eliminate him by groups as diverse as the Puritans of seventeenth century New England, the Communist Party of the twentieth century Soviet Union and the government of Nazi Germany, Santa has survived and prospered, becoming one of the best known and most beloved figures in the world.
The Sacred Santa
The Sacred Santa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sacred Santa write by Dell deChant. This book was released on 2008-04-24. The Sacred Santa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
