Greek Popular Meteorology from Antiquity to the Present_ The Folk-Interpretation of Celestial Signs (2010).pdf

(3884 KB) Pobierz
GREEK POPULAR METEOROLOGY
FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
The Folk-Interpretation of Celestial Signs
Patrick Cronin
With a Foreword by
G. L. Huxley
The Edwin Mellen Press
Lewiston •Queenston• Lampeter
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cronin, Pat, [Patrick], 1937-
Greek popular meteorology from antiquity to the present :the folk-interpretation of
celestial signs
I
Patrick Cronin ; with a foreword by G .
L..
Huxley .
p.
em..
Includes bibliographical references and indexes .
ISBN-13: 978-0-7734-3657-2
ISBN-I 0: 0-7734-3657-X
1. Meteorology--Greece--History.
L
Title .
QC857 . G67c76 2010
551.63'1 09495--dc22
2010011623
hors serie.
A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library .
Front cover: Clouds over the island of Gyaros, Greece, in the Aegean Sea
Copyright
©
2010
Patrick Cronin
All rights reserved. For information contact
The Edwin Mellen Press
Box450
Lewiston, New York
USA 14092-0450
The Edwin Mellen Press
Box67
Queenston, Ontario
CANADA LOS lLO
The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd .
Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales
UNITED KINGDOM SA48 SLT
Printed in the United States of America
To the memory of my father, who taught me to read the wind.
CONTENTS
Foreword: Professor G. L. Huxley
Preface
Acknowledgements
Guidelines for the Reader
i
v
ix
xiii
PROLEGOMENA
CATALOGUE OF SIGNS
Clouds
Comets:
Dew:
Hoar Frost:
Lightning:
Mist:
Moon:
Planets:
Rainbow:
Stars:
Sun:
1
63
97
107
111
115
137
145
199
205
215
249

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika:

Zgłoś jeśli naruszono regulamin