When They Severed Earth from Sky :: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth.
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, th...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 book shows that myths originally transmitted real information about real events and observations, preserving the information sometimes for millennia within nonliterate societies. Geologists' interpretations of how a volcanic cataclysm long ago created. |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 11. Compression: Methuselah and the Eponymous HeroesChapter 12. Post Hocus Ergo Pocus: Space Aliens Mutilate Cows!; Chapter 13. Restructuring: New Patterns for Old; Chapter 14. Mnemonics: Behind the Silliness; Chapter 15. The Spirit World: A Realm Reversed; Chapter 16. Of Sky and Time; Chapter 17. Prometheus; Chapter 18. Fire-Breathing Dragons; Appendix: Index of Myth Principles; Bibliography; Index. | |
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| title_exact_search | When They Severed Earth from Sky : How the Human Mind Shapes Myth. |
| title_full | When They Severed Earth from Sky : How the Human Mind Shapes Myth. |
| title_fullStr | When They Severed Earth from Sky : How the Human Mind Shapes Myth. |
| title_full_unstemmed | When They Severed Earth from Sky : How the Human Mind Shapes Myth. |
| title_short | When They Severed Earth from Sky : |
| title_sort | when they severed earth from sky how the human mind shapes myth |
| title_sub | How the Human Mind Shapes Myth. |
| topic | Myth. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089365 Mythology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85089371 Mythe. Mythologie. myths. aat mythology (literary genre) aat BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Gaia & Earth Energies. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity General. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE Folklore & Mythology. bisacsh Myth fast Mythology fast |
| topic_facet | Myth. Mythology. Mythe. Mythologie. myths. mythology (literary genre) BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Gaia & Earth Energies. RELIGION Christianity General. SOCIAL SCIENCE Folklore & Mythology. Myth Mythology |
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