When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth by Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Paul T. Barber

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

Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Paul T. Barber

9 hours, 25 minutes first pub 2004 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history science adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
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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...

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