Download or read book The Mammoth Dictionary of Symbols written by Nadia Julien and published by Constable. This book was released on 1996 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of time, mankind has used symbols to express thoughts or feelings, and to preserve those truths believed to come from a higher sphere. Every culture, in every age, invests the objects, animals and plants around it with a multitude of different meanings.