A Short History Of Myth

This brilliant readable synthesis of the history of mythology and the function it serves to humanity is the launch title of the groundbreaking publishing event The Myths . “Human beings have always been mythmakers.” So begins Karen Armstrong’s concise yet compelling investigation into 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 right up to the “Great Western Transformation” of the last five hun...See More