000 01641cam a2200325Ii 4500
001 zmeld2 b9183799
003 ME
005 20221201151835.0
008 180208t20182005stk 000 0 eng d
020 _a178211890X (pbk.) :
_c$14.05
020 _a9781782118909 (pbk.) :
_c$14.05
035 _a(OCoLC)1022085008
040 _aYDX
_beng
_erda
_cYDX
_dNLE
_dOCLCO
_dOCLCF
_dUKMGB
_dOCLCQ
_dGZD
_dOCLCO
_dMiTN
050 4 _aBL312
_b.A767 2018
082 0 4 _a398.209 Ar57s 2018
082 0 4 _a398.209
_223
100 1 _aArmstrong, Karen,
_d1944-
245 1 2 _aA short history of myth /
_cKaren Armstrong.
250 _aCanons edition.
264 1 _aEdinburgh :
_bCanongate,
_c2018.
264 4 _c©2005.
300 _a165 pages ;
_c20 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 157-165).
505 0 _aWhat 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).
520 _a"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.--
_cPublisher description.
650 0 _aMyth
_xHistory.
999 _c522627
_d522627