Armstrong, Karen,  1944- <br/><br/>
A short history of myth / 
Karen Armstrong. 
 - Canons edition. 
 - 165 pages ;  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165). 
<br/><br/>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). 
<br/><br/> "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.-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>178211890X (pbk.) :  $14.05 9781782118909 (pbk.) :  $14.05 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Myth--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL312  / .A767 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>398.209 Ar57s 2018 398.209