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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Armstrong, Karen, 1944- Short history of myth. Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, 2005 (OCoLC)642417193 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Karen Armstrong |
| ISBN: | 1841956449 9781841956442 184195716X 9781841957166 1841957232 9781841957234 184195800X 9781841958002 073946390X 9780739463901 |
| OCLC Number: | 182521299 |
| Description: | 159 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | What is a myth? -- Palaeolithic Period : Mythology of the hunters (c. 20000 to 8000 BCE) -- Neolithic Period : Mythology of the farmers (c. 8000 to 4000 BCE) -- Early civilisations (c. 4000 to 800 BCE) -- Axial Age (c. 800 to 200 BCE) -- Post-Axial Period (c. 200 BCE to c. 1500 CE) -- Great Western Transformation (c. 1500 to 2000). |
| Series Title: | Myths (Canongate Publishing) |
| Responsibility: | Karen Armstrong. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Takes us from the Palaeolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the 'Great Western Transformation' over years and the discrediting of myth by science. This book aims to serve as a thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense - and why we dismiss it only at our peril.
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