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Barber, E. J. W., 1940-

When they severed earth from sky : how the human mind shapes myth / Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Paul T. Barber - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2004 - xv, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-263) and indexes.

Time capsules -- The memory crunch : how long a pipeline? -- The silence principle : of Lethe and the golden calf -- More silence : movie reels from snapshots -- Analogy : our brain's best talent -- Willfulness : the atom or thou -- Multiple aspects : the more the merrier -- Multiple viewpoints : ear, trunk, or tail -- Views though biased lenses -- Metaphoric reality : magic and dreams -- Compression : Methuselah and the eponymous heroes -- Post hocus ergo pocus : space aliens mutilate cows! -- Restructuring : new patterns for old -- Mnemonics : behind the silliness -- The spirit world : a realm reversed -- Of sky and time -- Prometheus -- Fire-breathing dragons.

ISBN: 0691099863 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2004046640

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA483843 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013045897 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Myth.
Mythology.
Mythology--psychology.

LC Class. No.: BL312 / .B37 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 201/.3