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Originally published in 1909, Otto Rank's "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 fulfilment of repressed desire.
In Otto Rank's view, this book was the first to attempt a psychoanalytical interpretation of myths: In it he declared that psychological reality is responsible for organizing what is narrated by the myth or the story. This work, a "cornerstone" of the psychoanalytical study of mythology, and written at Freud's request, did indeed open up original perspectives in the methodological approach to the problem of the formation and function of myths.
Breaking away from the naturalist analysis of mythology, Rank founded his study on the parallel between dream and myth and on the concept proposed by Freud of the "family romance of neurotics."
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GenrePsychology, Spirituality and Religion, History
Length3 hrs 4 mins
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Publish dateSep 29, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
10Gilgamesh
2Note For The Circle Of Myths
11Cyrus
3Sargon
12Tristan
4Moses
13Romulus
5Karna
14Hercules
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6Oedipus
15Jesus
7Paris
16Siegfried
8Telephus
17Lohengrin
9Perseus
18The Interpretation Of The Myths
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