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A short history of myth / Karen Armstrong.

By: Publisher: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2018Copyright date: ©2005Edition: Canons editionDescription: 165 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 178211890X (pbk.) :
  • 9781782118909 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.209 Ar57s 2018
  • 398.209 23
LOC classification:
  • BL312 .A767 2018
Contents:
What is a myth? -- The Palaeolithic Period : The Mythology of the hunters (c. 20000 to 8000 BCE) -- The Neolithic Period : The Mythology of the farmers (c. 8000 to 4000 BCD) -- The Early civilisations (c. 4000 to 800 BCE) -- The Axial Age (c. 800 to 200 BCE) -- The Post-Axial Period (c. 200 BCE to c. 1500 CE) -- The Great Western Transformation (c. 1500 to 2000).
Summary: "As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. Here, Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that begins at a Neanderthal graveside and ends buried in the heart of the modern novel.-- Publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165).

What is a myth? -- The Palaeolithic Period : The Mythology of the hunters (c. 20000 to 8000 BCE) -- The Neolithic Period : The Mythology of the farmers (c. 8000 to 4000 BCD) -- The Early civilisations (c. 4000 to 800 BCE) -- The Axial Age (c. 800 to 200 BCE) -- The Post-Axial Period (c. 200 BCE to c. 1500 CE) -- The Great Western Transformation (c. 1500 to 2000).

"As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. Here, Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and embarks on a journey that begins at a Neanderthal graveside and ends buried in the heart of the modern novel.-- Publisher description.

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