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Mythology was never designed to describe historically verifiable events that actually happened. It was an attempt to express their inner significance or to draw attention to realities that were too elusive to be discussed in a logically coherent way.
Mythology was never designed to describe historically verifiable events that actually happened. It was an attempt to express their inner significance or to draw attention to realities that were too elusive to be discussed in a logically coherent way.
Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
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- Karen Armstrong
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- Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Karen Armstrong: documented birth year 1944; activity date not established. Wikidata Q256548, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256548 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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