Jean Chevalier (1906–1993) was a French writer, philosopher, and theologian, best known for his co-authorship of the ''Dictionnaire des symboles'' (''Dictionary of Symbols''), first printed in 1969 by publisher
Éditions Robert Laffont
Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium.
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''Dictionary of Symbols'' is an encyclopedic work of cultural anthropology, co-written with the French poet and Amazonian explorer Alain Gheerbrant, devoted to the symbolism of myths, dreams, habits, gestures, shapes, figures, colors and numbers found in mythology and folklore. It contains over 1,600 articles and has seen nineteen reprints between 1982 and 1997. It has been republished on a worldwide basis by