| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 50480 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Read by Sandra Burr. |
| Summary |
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 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, link us to our ancestors and each other. Myths help us make sense of the universe. Heralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, Armstrong's characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense and explains why if we dismiss it, we do so at our peril. |
| Subject |
Myth -- History. -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Burr, Sandra.
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| ISBN |
(sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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