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When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth
When They Severed Earth from Sky How the Human Mind Shapes Myth
Author: Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Paul T. Barber
Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? How could anyone think that mortals like Perseus, Beowulf, and St. George actually fought dragons, since dragons don't exist? Strange though they sound, however, these "myths" did not begin as fiction. This absorbing...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691127743
ISBN-10: 0691127743
Publication Date: 9/5/2006
Pages: 312
Edition: New Ed
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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