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Record #122707:
Arktos: the polar myth in science, symbolism, and Nazi survival / Joscelyn Godwin.
Title: | Arktos: the polar myth in science, symbolism, and Nazi survival / Joscelyn Godwin. |
Author(s): | Godwin, Joscelyn. |
Date: | 1993. |
Publisher: | London: Thames and Hudson |
Abstract: | Historical study of ideas about polar regions particularly as developed by theosophical and other writers (e.g. Blavatsky and Guenon), during nineteenth- and early twentieth-century. Examines influence of ideas about Arctic in particular on Aryan cult of German National Socialists. |
Keywords: | 291.13 -- Myths and mythology. 93 -- History. V -- History. (*2) -- Polar regions. (*3) -- Arctic regions. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*2) : 291.13 |
SPRI record no.: | 122707 |
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