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First published in 1887, this early work of comparative mythology remains a vital resource to students and devotees of ethnography, history, and world legends.

When this book first appeared (1886), the philological school of interpretation of religion and myth, being then still powerful in England, was criticised and o

“Our main object will be to describe one of the most incomparably beautiful myths that has ever flowered from the mind of man, or from the unconscious process

This Very Short Introduction explores different approaches to myth from several disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology