When They Severed Earth from Sky : How the Human Mind Shapes Myth.

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Barber, E. J. W., 1940- (Autor), Barber, Paul, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Myth.
Mythology.
Mythe.
Mythologie.
myths.
mythology (literary genre)
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (311 pages)
ISBN:9781400842865
1400842867

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