The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of MythJHU Press, 2015 M11 1 - 200 pages First published in German in 1909, Otto Rank's original The Myth of the Birth of the Hero offered psychoanalytical interpretations of mythological stories as a means of understanding the human psyche. Like his mentor Sigmund Freud, Rank compared the myths of such figures as Oedipus, Moses, and Sargon with common dreams, seeing in both a symbolic fulfillment of repressed desire. In a new edition published thirteen years after the original, Rank doubled the size of his seminal work, incorporating new discoveries in psychoanalysis, mythology, and ethnology. This expanded and updated edition has been eloquently translated by Gregory C. Richter and E. James Lieberman and includes an introductory essay by Robert A. Segal as well as Otto Rank's 1914 essay "The Play in Hamlet." |
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... Moses at Mount Sinai. Manifestly, all three stories describe a hero's ascent to the domain of an “omnipotent figure resident in the heavens” and a return “with some token of power, wealth, or knowledge” (Arlow 1961,381). But where Jack ...
... Moses is elevated to godlike status for deferring to god. Moses thus fulfills his wish to become the father, but not by toppling him. Ironically, Abraham also focuses on the cases of Prometheus and Moses but argues that the obedient ...
... Moses; Hamlet and King David as further parallels to Kaikhosrav, himself a parallel to the case of Cyrus, at least as Cyrus is presented by Herodotus; and Neleus and Pelias as a further parallel to the twins Romulus and Remus. But like ...
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Contents
vii | |
Translators Introduction | xxxix |
Preface to the First Edition | xlv |
Preface to the Second Edition | xlvii |
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 The Cycle of Myths | 9 |
3 The Interpretation of the Myths | 47 |
Toward an Analysis and Dynamic Understanding of the Work | 93 |
Notes | 105 |
References | 129 |
Index | 143 |
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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth Otto Rank Limited preview - 2004 |
The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth Otto Rank Limited preview - 2015 |
The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth Otto Rank Limited preview - 2004 |