Primitive Mythology

Zusatztext "A monument of learning! wonder! and wisdom! daringly conceived and brilliantly written by a man who is at home in the Eastern and the Western universe of spirit.? In temporal span and spatial scope and in relevance to the needs of its own day! it is unexampled." ?Henry A. Murray! Harvard University Informationen zum Autor Joseph Campbell was interested in mythology since his childhood in New York, when he read books about American Indians, frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History, and was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich. After a period in California, where he encountered John Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 1940s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the Upanishads and The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna . The many books by Professor Campbell include The Hero with a Thousand Faces , Myths to Live By , The Flight of the Wild Gander , and The Mythic Image . He edited The Portable Arabian Nights , The Portable Jung , and other works. He died in 1987. Klappentext The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology Zusammenfassung The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology Inhaltsverzeichnis Primitive Mythology Foreword: On the Completion of The Masks of God Prologue: Toward a Natural History of the Gods and Heroes: I. The Lineaments of a New Science II. The Well of the Past III. The Dialogue of Scholarship and Romance Part One: The Psychology of MythIntroduction: The Lesson of the Mask Chapter 1. The Enigma of the Inherited Image I. The Innate Releasing Mechanism II. The Supernormal Sign Stimulus Chapter 2. The Imprints of Experience I. Suffering and Rapture II. The Structuring Force of Life on Earth III. The Imprints of Early Infancy IV. The Spontaneous Animism of Childhood V. The System of Sentiments of the Local Group VI. The Impact of Old Age Part Two: The Mythology of the Primitive Planters Chapter 3. The Culture Province of the High Civilizations I. The Proto-Neolithic: c. 7500-5500 B. C. II. The Basal Neolithic: c. 5500-4500 B. C. III. The High Neolithic: c. 4500-3500 B. C. IV. The Hieratic City-State: c. 3500-2500 B. C. Chapter 4. The Province of the Immolated Kings I. The Legend of the Destruction of Kash II. A Night of Shehrzad III. The King, and the Virgin of the Vestal Fire Chapter 5. The Ritual Love-Death I. The Descent and Return of the Maiden II. The Mythological Event III. Persephone IV. The Monster Eel V. Parallelism or Diffusion? VI. The Ritual Love-Death in Pre-Columbian America Part Three: The Mythology of the Primitive Hunters Chapter 6. Shamanism I. The Shaman and the Priest II. Shamanistic Magic III. The Shamanistic Vision IV. The Fire-Bringer Chapter 7. The Animal Master I. The Legend of the Buffalo Dance II. Paleolithic Mythology III. The Ritual of the Returned Blood Chapter 8. The Paleolithic Caves I. The Shamans of the Great Hunt II. Our Lady of the Mammoths III. The Master Bear IV. The Mythologi...

"A monument of learning, wonder, and wisdom, daringly conceived and brilliantly written by a man who is at home in the Eastern and the Western universe of spirit.… In temporal span and spatial scope and in relevance to the needs of its own day, it is unexampled."
—Henry A. Murray, Harvard University

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Joseph Campbell was interested in mythology since his childhood in New York, when he read books about American Indians, frequently visited the American Museum of Natural History, and was fascinated by the museum's collection of totem poles. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Columbia in 1925 and 1927 and went on to study medieval French and Sanskrit at the universities of Paris and Munich. After a period in California, where he encountered John Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts, he taught at the Canterbury School, then, in 1934, joined the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College, a post he retained for many years. During the 1940s and '50s, he helped Swami Nikhilananda to translate the Upanishads and The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. The many books by Professor Campbell include The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Myths to Live By, The Flight of the Wild Gander, and The Mythic Image. He edited The Portable Arabian Nights, The Portable Jung, and other works. He died in 1987.

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The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology

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The author of such acclaimed books as Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology

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Primitive Mythology Foreword: On the Completion of The Masks of God
Prologue: Toward a Natural History of the Gods and Heroes:
I. The Lineaments of a New Science
II. The Well of the Past
III. The Dialogue of Scholarship and Romance
Part One: The Psychology of MythIntroduction: The Lesson of the Mask
Chapter 1. The Enigma of the Inherited Image
I. The Innate Releasing Mechanism
II. The Supernormal Sign Stimulus
Chapter 2. The Imprints of Experience
I. Suffering and Rapture
II. The Structuring Force of Life on Earth
III. The Imprints of Early Infancy
IV. The Spontaneous Animism of Childhood
V. The System of Sentiments of the Local Group
VI. The Impact of Old Age
Part Two: The Mythology of the Primitive PlantersChapter 3. The Culture Province of the High Civilizations
I. The Proto-Neolithic: c. 7500-5500 B. C.
II. The Basal Neolithic: c. 5500-4500 B. C.
III. The High Neolithic: c. 4500-3500 B. C.
IV. The Hieratic City-State: c. 3500-2500 B. C.
Chapter 4. The Province of the Immolated Kings
I. The Legend of the Destruction of Kash
II. A Night of Shehrzad
III. The King, and the Virgin of the Vestal Fire
Chapter 5. The Ritual Love-Death
I. The Descent and Return of the Maiden
II. The Mythological Event
III. Persephone
IV. The Monster Eel
V. Parallelism or Diffusion?
VI. The Ritual Love-Death in Pre-Columbian America
Part Three: The Mythology of the Primitive HuntersChapter 6. Shamanism
I. The Shaman and the Priest
II. Shamanistic Magic
III. The Shamanistic Vision
IV. The Fire-Bringer
Chapter 7. The Animal Master
I. The Legend of the Buffalo Dance
II. Paleolithic Mythology
III. The Ritual of the Returned Blood
Chapter 8. The Paleolithic Caves
I. The Shamans of the Great Hunt
II. Our Lady of the Mammoths
III. The Master Bear
IV. The Mythologies of the Two Worlds
Part Four: The Archaeology of MythChapter 9. Mythological Thresholds of the Paleolithic
I. The Stage of Plesianthropus ()
II. The Stage of Pithecanthropus ()
III. The Stage of Neanderthal Man (c. 200,000-75,000/25,000 B. C.)
IV. The Stage of Cro-Magnon Man (c. 30,000-10,000 B. C.)
V. The Caspian-Microlithic Style (c. 30,000/10,000-4,000 B. C.)
Chapter 10. Mythological Thresholds of the Neolithic
I. The Great Serpent of the Earliest Planters (c. 7500 B. C.?)
II. The Birth of Civilizati…