When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth AUTH-14224059 Benefits for Teachers:

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From the work of Evans and others

He is the author of The African American Encounter with Japan and China: Black Internationalism in Asia

ISBN13: 9781621641827

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When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth AUTH-14224059 Benefits for Teachers: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't exist? Strange though they sound, however, these myths did not begin as fiction. This absorbing book shows that myths originally transmitted real information about real events and observations, preserving