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A short history of myth

Human beings have always been mythmakers. Theologian Armstrong here investigates myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other--From publisher description.

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  • "Short history of myth"@pl
  • "Short history of myth"
  • "Dastan ki mukhtasir tarikh"
  • "Dastaan ki mukhtasar tareekh"

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  • "Vingt-cinq éditeurs se sont associés pour demander à des écrivains du monde entier leur vision des grands mythes de l'humantié. En introduction à cette série, K. Armstrong étudie la fonction de ces mythes depuis l'ère paléolithique jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine. Elle offre une réhabilitation au rôle de l'imaginaire, un plaidoyer pour les mythologies grecques, africaines, hindoues ou scandinaves."
  • "Overzicht van de rol van mythen in de geschiedenis van de mensheid."
  • "Human beings have always been mythmakers. Theologian Armstrong here investigates myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other--From publisher description."
  • "Human beings have always been mythmakers. Theologian Armstrong here investigates myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other--From publisher description."@en
  • "On the history of myth."
  • "Human beings have always been mythmakers. Theologian Armstrong here investigates myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other.--From publisher description."@en
  • "Human beings have always been mythmakers. Theologian Armstrong here investigates myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters, up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other.--From publisher description."
  • "'Human beings have always been mythmakers.' So begins Karen Armstrong's concise yet compelling investigation into myth. Myths have helped us to make sense of the universe since Palaeolithic times."

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Studie"
  • "Studies"
  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"

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  • "Myternas historia"@sv
  • "A short history of myth"@en
  • "A short history of myth"
  • "Shen hua jian shi = A short history of myth"
  • "神话简史 = A short history of myth"
  • "Krátká historie mýtu"
  • "Une brève histoire des mythes"
  • "Syntomē istoria tou mythou"
  • "Breve historia del mito"
  • "Breve historia del mito"@es
  • "Une brève histoire du mythe"
  • "神話簡史"
  • "Dāstān kī muk̲h̲taṣar tārīk̲h̲ : 22 hazār sāl qadīm daur se jadīd ʻahad tak insānī z̲ahan men̲ ʻaẓīm, purasrār aur intihāʼī mūʻas̲ar asāt̤īrī kahāniyon̲ kī tashkīl kā ʻilmī jāʼizah"
  • "Kratka zgodovina mita"@sl
  • "A Short History of Myth"
  • "Eine kurze Geschichte des Mythos"
  • "Mytens historie"@da
  • "تاريخ الأسطورة"
  • "Dāstān kī muk̲h̲taṣir tārīk̲h̲ : 22 hazār sāl qadīm daur se jadīd ʻahad tak insānī z̲ehn men̲ ʻaẓīm, purasrār aur intihāʼī mūʻas̲ar asāt̤īrī kahāniyun̲ kī tashkīl kā ʻilmī jāʼizah"
  • "Krótka historia mitu"@pl
  • "Mythen : een beknopte geschiedenis"
  • "神話簡史 = A short history of myth"
  • "داستان کى مختصر تارىخ : ٢٢ هزار سال قدىم دور سے جدىد عهد تک انسانى ذهن مىں عظىم پراسرار اور انتهائى موثر اساطىرى کهانىوں کى تشکىل کا علمى جائزه"
  • "Shen hua jian shi"
  • "Myyttien lyhyt historia"@fi
  • "Tārīkh al-usṭūrah"
  • "Shen-hua-jian-shi = A short history of myth"
  • "神话简史"

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