The sacred bee in ancient times and folklore / Hilda M. Ransome.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ransome, Hilda M., author.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bees--Folklore.

Bees.

Bees--History.

Bee culture--History.

Bee culture.

Honey--Folklore.

Honey.

Genre:

Folklore.

Folk literature.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

308, [16] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., [2004]

Contents:

Early times

Ancient Egypt

Sumeria, Babylonia, and Assyria

India and China

The Hittites, Western Asia, and Crete

The Hebrews and Mohammedans

Beekeeping in Greece

Beekeeping among the Romans

Bees and honey in Greek and Roman myths

The "ox-born bee"

Honey in Greek religious rites

The food of the Gods

Bees and honey among the Germanic and Slavonic peoples in Central Europe (Part I. Historical)

Bees and honey among the Germanic and Slavonic peoples in Central Europe (Part II. Myths and folklore)

Bee folklore in Finland. The Kalevala

Beekeeping in the British Isles (Part I. Mainly historical)

Beekeeping in the British Isles (Part II. Legends and superstitions)

Customs and superstitions in France

Folk-stories from various lands

The bee in America

Ritual uses of milk and honey

Primitive peoples of to-day.

Notes:

Originally published: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1937.

Cover design by T. Delgado de Quinteros.

Publisher's advertisements: [15] pages at end.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Other Edition:

Reprint of: Ransome, Hilda M. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1937

ISBN:

048643494X

9780486434940

OCLC:

53814476

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