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This is my favorite book of all time. An essay on worldwide myth and legend. He is an MIT professor; 2/3 of the essay is his, the last 1/3 is the appendix by Hertha von Dechend, Hamburg U. I used two bookmarks and always read her remarks. Simply boggles the mind that ancient stories could be so similar while so geographically distant from one another. The "Mill" of the title represents the earth's wobble, which takes nearly 26,000 years to complete, and the ancients knew this. How could they? The sky tales are similar as well, divided into the 12 segments. From childhood I dismissed the adults speaking of myth and legend with a wink and a nod, as if they were the foolishness of our childish ancestors. I just KNEW there was a basis for all of it!