Essays on a Science of Mythology The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis

Name: Essays on a Science of Mythology The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis
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ISBN: 9780691017563

ISBN-10: 0691017565

ISBN-13: 9780691017563

Edition: 1963 (Revised)

Authors: C. G. Jung, Carl Kerï¿½nyi, Carl Kerï¿½nyi

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Essays on a Science of Mythologyis a cooperative work between C. Kereacute;nyi, who has been called "the most psychological of mythologists," and C. G. Jung, who has been called "the most mythological of psychologists." Kereacute;nyi contributes an essay on the Divine Child and one on theKore(the Maiden), together with a substantial introduction and conclusion. Jung contributes a psychological commentary on each essay. Both men hoped, through their collaboration, to elevate the study of mythology to the status of a science. In "The Primordial Child in Primordial Times" Kereacute;nyi treats the child-God as an enduring and significant figure in Greek, Norse, Finnish, Etruscan, and…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 1963
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/21/1969
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 4.96" wide x 7.95" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Editorial Note


Prolegomena




The Primordial Child in Primordial Times




Child-Gods



The Orphan Child



A Vogul God



Kullervo



Narayana



Apollo



Hermes



Zeus



Dionysus



The Psychology of the Child Archetype




Introduction



The Psychology of the Child Archetype



The Archetype as a Link with the Past



The Function of the Archetype



The Futurity of the Archetype



Unity and Plurality of the Child-Motif



Child-God and Child-Hero



The Special Phenomenology of the Child-Archetype



The Abandonment of the Child



The Invincibility of the Child



The Hermaphroditism of the Child



The Child as Beginning and End



Conclusion



Kore




Anadyomene



The Paradox of the Mythological Idea



Maiden-Goddesses



Hecate



Demeter



Persephone



Indonesian Kore Figures



The Kore in Eleusis



The Eleusinian Paradox



The Psychological Aspects of the Kore




Case X



Case Y



Case Z


Epilegomena: The Miracle of Eleusis



References Cited


Index