CONTENTS

ALSO BY THE AUTHOR

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION: ANIMALS AS TRADITION

1.   Almost Human

2.   Tricksters

3.   Sages

4.   Just Beautiful

5.   Musicians

6.   Tooth and Claw

7.   Mermaid’s Companions

8.   The Barnyard

9.   Man’s Best Friends

10.  Beasts of Burden

11.  Noble Adversaries

12.  Tough Guys

13.  From the Underground

14.  By the Seashore

15.  Lost Souls

16.  Weird and Wonderful

17.  Behemoths and Leviathans

18.  Divinities

EPILOGUE: WHAT IS A HUMAN BEING?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX OF ANIMALS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR