Why hell stinks of sulfur : mythology and geology of the underworld

Author/Creator:

Kroonenberg, Salomon Bernard

Publication/Creation:

London, UK : Reaktion Books, [2013]

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Why hell stinks of sulfur : mythology and geology of the underworld / Salomon Kroonenberg ; translated by Andy Brown

Uniform Title:

Waarom de hel naar zwavel stinkt.

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Brown, Andy, translator

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Hell
Hell in literature
Geology--Popular works
Mythology, Greek
Earth (Planet)--Internal structure--Popular works
Earth (Planet)--Mythology

Description/Summary

Table of 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.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-295) and index.

Language:

English

Language Note:

Translation of: Waarom de hel naar zwavel stinkt. c2011.

Physical Type/Description:

304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990033319580302486

ISBN:

1780230451 (hbk.)
9781780230450 (hbk.) :
9781780230450 (hbk.)

OCLC Number:

794136884

Barcode:

010002708739