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Why hell stinks of sulfur : mythology and geology of the underworld / Salomon Kroonenberg ; translated by Andy Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kroonenberg, Salomon Bernard.
- Standardized Title:
- Waarom de hel naar zwavel stinkt. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hell.
- Hell in literature.
- Geology.
- Earth (Planet)--Internal structure--Popular works.
- Earth (Planet).
- Earth (Planet)--Mythology.
- Mythology.
- Geology--Popular works.
- Mythology, Greek.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- 304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Reaktion Books, [2013]
- Language Note:
- Translation of: Waarom de hel naar zwavel stinkt. c2011.
- Contents:
- The gobstopper
- Jerusalem
- The wanderings of Odysseus
- The entrance to Hell
- The vestibule
- Charon's ferry
- Limbo
- The City of Dis
- Avarice
- The conflagration
- The monster Geryon
- The river of tar
- Collapses
- The lead cloak
- To the centre of the Earth
- With Lucifer in the ice
- The way back.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781780230450
- 1780230451
- OCLC:
- 794136884
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