A Short History of Myth
Subtitle: (Myths)
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Published: October 11, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780676974195
Subjects: General; Literary Criticism & Collections / Reference; Fiction - General
First sentence: Human beings have always been mythmakers.
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.