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I Am Taurus
Stephen Palmer
出版John Hunt Publishing, 2024-02-23
主題Nature / Sky ObservationScience / Philosophy & Social AspectsSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
ISBN18034146779781803414676
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=OjvxEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The constellation we know as Taurus goes all the way back to cave paintings of aurochs at Lascaux. In I Am Taurus, author Stephen Palmer traces the story of the bull in the sky, starting from that point 19,000 years ago - a journey through the history of what has become known as the sacred bull. Each of the eleven sections is written from the perspective of the mythical Taurus, from the beginning at Lascaux to Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Greece, Spain and elsewhere. This is not just a history of the bull but also an attempt to see ourselves through the eyes of the bull, illustrating our pre-literate use of myth, how the advent of writing and the urban revolution changed our view of ourselves, and how even the most modern of rituals - bullfighting in Spain - is a variation on the ancient sacrifice of the sacred bull.