When they severed earth from sky: how the human mind shapes myth
Auteur :
Barber, Elizabeth Wayland / Barber, Paul T.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691127743
Date de publication :
25 sept. 2006
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
425 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? This book shows that myths originally transmitted real information about real events and observations, preserving the information sometimes for millennia within nonliterate societies.