Picus Who is Also Zeus (Paperback)

Introduction; Introduction; 1. On the name 'son of God' in northern Syria; 2. The woodpecker in the British Isles; 3. The popular names of the woodpecker; 4. The woodpecker as rain-maker; 5. The woodpecker as dux viae; 6. The origin of bees; 7. The lightning whip; 8. Cain and Abel; 9. The dioscuri in Byzantium.