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When they severed earth from sky : how the human mind shapes myth / Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Paul T. Barber

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2004Description: xv, 290 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0691099863 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 201/.3 22
LOC classification:
  • BL312 .B37 2004
Other classification:
  • 73.56
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Item type: Book
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MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY Open Shelf BL312 .B37 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 64695

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.

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