A short history of myth
(2005)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
398.209/ARMSTRONG,K
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, [2005]
©2005
©2005
EDITION
First American edition
DESCRIPTION
159 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1841956449 (hbk.), 184195716X, 9781841957166
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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 BCD) -- 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)