Llewellyn Worldwide.Llewellyn Worldwide PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164 1-800-843-6666 www.llewellyn.com Two lovely boxed tarot tarot Sets of cards used in fortune-telling and in certain card games. The origins of tarot cards are obscure; cards approximating their present form first appeared in Italy and France in the late 14th century. sets will make fine gifts for enthusiasts of tarot card sets. Monica Knighton's bilingual Tarot Of The Dead/Tarot De Los Muertos (07387-0427X, $19.95) holds a manual and 78 Spanish/English Day of the Dead tarot cards. Ciro Marchetti's The Gilded gild 1 tr.v. gild·ed or gilt , gild·ing, gilds 1. To cover with or as if with a thin layer of gold. 2. To give an often deceptively attractive or improved appearance to. 3. Tarot (0738705209, $24.95) provides a more complicated divination divination, practice of foreseeing future events or obtaining secret knowledge through communication with divine sources and through omens, oracles, signs, and portents. tarot set using myths, fairy tales and legends to explore a world of symbols and archetypal ar·che·type n. 1. An original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a prototype: "'Frankenstein' . . . 'Dracula' . . . 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' . . . themes from maidens and knights to mystics. Popular symbolism and structure contributes to a fine 21st-century model displaying both ancient symbols and the latest modern digital art representations. |
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