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"The only dictionary of its kind, this greatly expanded second edition lists objects, concepts, traits and situations ancient and modern and gives their appropriate symbols. A companion to Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary (2012), this volume presents symbols and their referents in reverse association (but is not simply a reconfiguring of information). Examples: a symbol for ""hell"" is descending stairs; an attribute of Saint Benedict is a raven; joy after sorrow is signified by the gemstone amber. Ethnic, literary, artistic, religious, heraldic, numerological, folkloric, occult and psychological usages are included."

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Reviews of the first edition: will help students, researchers and writers discover how things have been represented or symbolized --Booklist; has no equivalent --Choice.

Reviews of the first edition: “will help students, researchers and writers discover how things have been represented or symbolized”—Booklist; “has no equivalent”—Choice.

"Reviews of the first edition: ""will help students, researchers and writers discover how things have been represented or symbolized""--Booklist; ""has no equivalent""--Choice."

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Award-winning author Steven Olderr is a professional librarian living in Oak Park, Illinois.

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