VU Boekhandel

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

Hoofdkenmerken

Auteur:	Barber, Elizabeth Wayland;
Titel:	When They Severed Earth from Sky How the Human Mind Shapes Myth
Uitgever:	Princeton University Press
ISBN:	9780691127743
ISBN boekversie:	9781400842865
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 52.50
Verschijningsdatum:	25-09-2006
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Folklore, myths & legends
Geillustreerd:	18 line illus. 27 halftones.
Dewey code:	201.3

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	312
Hoogte mm.:	234
Breedte mm.:	156
Dikte mm.:	18
Gewicht gr.:	466

Inhoud:

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.