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Index
Cover Page
Praise Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 - Predators and Myth
Chapter 2 - Bringers of Death: Predators of the Pleistocene and beyond
Introduction
Part 1. On Deadly Ground: Predators that Inhabited the Land
The Killer Cats
Hyenas, Wolves, and Dogs
Bears
Part 2. Up from the Depths: Predators of the Water
Giant Snakes
Crocodiles and Alligators
Lizards
Giant Fish
Part 3. Aerial Terror: Predators of the Sky
Teratoms and Condors
Eagles
Conclusion
Chapter 3 - Be Afraid, be very Afraid: Fear and Survival in the Pleistocene
Introduction
The Gift of Fear
Part 1. Triggers of Fear
The Predator Face
The Staring Eye
The Predator Mouth
Predator Teeth
The Predator Tongue
Fear of Menacing Movements
Fear of Blood
Fear of Bones
Fear of Sounds
Fear of Signs
Fear of Darkness and Night
Part 2. Survival Strategies and Defensive Behaviors
Introduction
Freezing
Fleeing
Fighting
Massing
Mobbing
Appeasing
Conclusion
Chapter 4 - Performing the Predator: Mimetic Storytelling in the Paleolithic
Introduction
Mind and Mimetic Culture
Mimetic Communication as Performance
Primal Storytelling
Enter the Predator
Mimetic Storytelling as a Survival Strategy (1)
Mimetic Storytelling as a Survival Strategy (2)
Dreaming of the “Bad Ones”
Imitation as Magical Incantation
Conclusion
Chapter 5 - The emergence of the Mythmaking Mind
Introduction
The Ancient Roots of Mythic Thinking
Mythic Thinking and the Modular Mind
Language and the Emergence of Mythic Culture
The Tragedy of the Imagination—Proliferating Fears
Mythmaking as Fear Management
Storytelling in the Middle Paleolithic
Were Women the First Storytellers?
Conclusion
Chapter 6. In the Belly of the Beast: The Predator as Mythic Monster
Introduction
The Mythic Monster as Animal Predator
Animal Predators into Mythic Monsters
Natural Sources of Mythic Monsters
Envisioning Monsters
Our “Inner” Monster
Our Monstrous Imagination
Battling the Mythic Monster
Baffling the Mythic Monster
Conclusion
Chapter 7 - Fear and Trembling in the Pleistocene: The Predator as a God
Introduction
Fear and the Sacred
The Primal Ingredients of Predator Deification
Predator Worship and the Stockholm Syndrome
Worshipping the Predator God
The Flesh of the Gods
Survival and Sacrifice in the Pleistocene
Predator Cults of the Paleolithic
From Predator Gods to Gods-R-Us
Almost Detecting the Predator
Conclusion
Chapter 8 - Kindly Killers: The Predator as Kin, Friend, Protector, and Benefactor
Introduction
Anthropomorphism and Fear Management
The Predator as Kin
The Predator as Friend
The Predator as Guardian and Protector
The Predator as Benefactor
Conclusion
Chapter 9 - Model of Menace: The Predator as Exemplar and Object of Envy
Introduction
Learning to the Identify with the Predator
Hunting as Mimetic Performance
From human to Predator: Rituals of Transformation
human Sacrifice as a Predator Kill
Consuming Identities
Embracing the Inner Animal Predator
Fearing the Were-Predator
Conclusion
Chapter 10 - Scaring Ourselves to Life
Photo Insert
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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