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Title Why hell stinks of sulfur : mythology and geology of the underworld / Salomon Kroonenberg ; translated by Andy Brown.
Author Kroonenberg, Salomon Bernard.
Publication Info. London, UK : Reaktion Books, c2013.
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Description 304 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Note Translation of: Waarom de hel naar zwavel stinkt. c2011.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-295) and index.
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.
Subject Hell.
Hell in literature.
Earth (Planet) -- Internal structure -- Popular works.
Earth (Planet) -- Mythology.
Geology -- Popular works.
Mythology, Greek.
Added Author Brown, Andy. Translator.
Added Title Waarom de hel naar zwavel stinkt. English
ISBN 9781780230450 (hbk.) : $38.00
1780230451 (hbk.)
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