The Dragon and the Rainbow

Why is the dragon idea globally distributed when no such creature existed? This book argues that the idea of dragons evolved from preliterate attempts to explain the causality and nature of rainbows.

About the author

Robert Blust (1940-2022) was a Professor of Linguistics at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He was, and continues to be, the preeminent scholar of Austronesian comparative linguistics. An enormously prolific scholar, Blust had nearly 300 publications. In addition to being a world-famous linguist, he was also an avid writer of poetry.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Blust
• Publisher: de Gruyter Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2023
• EAN: 9789004678293
• ISBN: 978-90-04-67829-3
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 237 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Ancient Languages and Civiliza
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology