Barber E J W  1940 <br/><br/>
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,   c2004. 
 - xv, 290 p. :   ill. ;   25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes ebibliographical references (p. [253]-263) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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.     
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0691099863 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Myth<br/>Mythology<br/>Mythology--psychology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL312  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>201/.3