Deadly powers, animal predators and the mythic imagination, Paul A. Trout
Type
Label
Deadly powers, animal predators and the mythic imagination, Paul A. Trout
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-315) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Deadly powers
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
726821382
Responsibility statement
Paul A. Trout
Sub title
animal predators and the mythic imagination
Table Of Contents
Predators and myth -- Bringers of death: predators of the Pleistocene and beyond -- Be afraid, be very afraid: fear and survival in the Pleistocene -- Performing the predator: mimetic storytelling in the paleolithic -- The emergence of the mythmaking mind -- In the belly of the beast: the predator as mythic monster -- Fear and trembling in the Pleistocene: the predator as a God -- Kindly killers: the predator as kin, friend, protector, and benefactor -- Model of menace: the predator as exemplar and object of envy -- Scaring ourselves to life