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Medieval accounts of how Norway was unified by its first king provide a lively, revealing, and wonderfully entertaining example of this process. Taking the stor
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Authors: Karen Armstrong
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What are myths? How have they evolved? And why do we still so desperately need them? A history of myth is a history of humanity, Karen Armstrong argues in this
Myth in History, History in Myth
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Authors: Society for Netherlandic History (U.S.). International Conference
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In 1975, a group of Dutch and British scholars published a conference volume of collected essays entitled "Some Political Mythologies." That conference sought t
Science Between Myth and History
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Authors: José G. Perillán
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Science Between Myth and History explores scientific storytelling and its implications on the teaching, practice, and public perception of science. In communica
Rethinking History and Myth
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: American Anthropological Association. Annual Meeting
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press

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Rethinking History and Myth explores narrative and ritual expressions of mythic and historical modes of consciousness among indigenous peoples of the Andean, Am