[PDF]✔ The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Interpretation of Mythology

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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological
Interpretation of Mythology
Sinopsis :
2011 Reprint of 1914 edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.
Otto Rank, (1884--1939), was an Austrian psychologist who
was part of Sigmund Freud's inner circle. This early
monograph by Rank is a groundbreaking application of the
psychoanalytic method to comparative mythology. In this study
Rank looks at a wide variety of Eurasian hero birth narratives,
including Greek, Roman, Judeo-Christian, Indian, and
Germanic legendary figures. He uses the methodology and
vocabulary of classic Freudian psychoanalysis to do so. The
middle part of this book, where Rank enumerates some of

these tales, will be the most useful for modern readers, as he
draws on a wide range of sources, some of them fairly
obscure. A classic work, which much influenced later writers,
particularly Joseph Campbell.