Why are perfect animals, hybrids, and monsters food for symbolic thought?

Method and Theory in the Study of Religion

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-169

  Sperber, Dan ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 60950334887     PISSN: 09433058     EISSN: 15700682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157006896X00170     Document Type: Review

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