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When they severed earth from sky: how the human mind shapes myth
E. J. W. Barber and Paul Barber
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xi)
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Acknowledgments (page xvii)
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1 Time Capsules (page 1)
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2 The Memory Crunch: How Long a Pipeline? (page 5)
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3 The Silence Principle: Of Lethe and the Golden Calf (page 17)
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4 More Silence: Movie Reels from Snapshots (page 26)
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5 Analogy: Our Brain's Best Talent (page 34)
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6 Willfulness: The Atom or Thou (page 41)
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7 Multiple Aspects: The More the Merrier (page 53)
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8 Multiple Viewpoints: Ear,Trunk, or Tail (page 71)
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9 Views through Biased Lenses (page 89)
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10 Metaphoric Reality: Magic and Dreams (page 96)
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11 Compression:Methuselah and the Eponymous Heroes (page 113)
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12 Post Hocus Ergo Pocus: Space Aliens Mutilate Cows! (page 129)
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13 Restructuring: New Patterns for Old (page 139)
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14 Mnemonics: Behind the Silliness (page 153)
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15 The Spirit World: A Realm Reversed (page 162)
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16 Of Sky and Time (page 176)
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17 Prometheus (page 218)
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18 Fire-Breathing Dragons (page 231)
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Appendix: Index of Myth Principles (page 245)
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Bibliography (page 253)
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Index (page 265)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JR | 86.4 (Oct. 2006): 716-717 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/509695 |
JHS | 126 (2004): 144-148 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/30033405 |
WF | 65.4 (Fall 2006): 484-486 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/25474832 |
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Published: c2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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- 9780691127743 (paper)
- 9781400842865 (ebook)