A short history of myth

What is a myth?

Palaeolithic Period: Mythology of the hunters (c. 20000 to 8000 BCE)

Neolithic Period: Mythology of the farmers (c. 8000 to 4000 BCD)

Early civilisations (c. 4000 to 800 BCE)

Axial Age (c. 800 to 200 BCE)

Post-Axial Period (c. 200 BCE to c. 1500 CE)

Great Western Transformation (c. 1500 to 2000)