ISBN:
9780804820820
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (225 p.)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Asian Animal Zodiac
DDC:
133.52095
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In much the same way that Westerners analyze their personalities and predict their futures by studying the positions of the stars under which they were born, Asians use the ancient animal zodiac to explain individual personalities and predict their futures. According to legend, the twelve years in the Asian animal cycles were named for the twelve animals who visited Buddha on his deathbed: the rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, cock, dog, and boar. This informative and delightful book examines each animal of the zodiacal cycle and describes its history, its virtues and fl
Description / Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; THE BALLAD OF THE HEI MIAO; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE RAT; 2 THE OX; 3 THE TIGER; 4 THE HARE; 5 THE DRAGON; 6 THE SNAKE; 7 THE HORSE; 8 THE RAM; 9 THE MONKEY; 10 THE COCK; 11 THE DOG; 12 THE BOAR; BIBLIOGRAPHY;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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