Myths and DreamsThe Floating Press, 2014 M05 1 - 192 páginas British polymath Edward Clodd was a banker who also established himself as a prominent thinker in the fields of anthropology and folklore. In Myths and Dreams, Clodd takes a look at the mythological beliefs of many cultures and societies, ranging from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century, providing keen insight into the ways that natural and environmental factors, rather than supernatural ones, came to shape these belief systems. |
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IV The Solar Theory of Myth | 54 |
V Belief in Metamorphosis into Animals | 70 |
Belief in Descent from Animal or Plant | 84 |
III Barbaric Confusion Between Names and Things | 128 |
IV Barbaric Belief in Virtue in Inanimate Things | 133 |
V Barbaric Belief in the Reality of Dreams | 140 |
VI Barbaric Theory of Disease | 146 |
VII Barbaric Theory of a Second Self or Soul | 152 |
VIII Barbaric Philosophy in Punchkin and Allied Stories | 157 |
IX Barbaric and Civilised Notions of the Souls Nature | 166 |
X Barbaric Belief in Souls in Brutes and Plants and Lifeless Things | 173 |
VII Survival of Myth in History | 96 |
VIII Myth Among the Hebrews | 110 |
IX Conclusion | 115 |
THEIR PLACE IN THE GROWTH OF BELIEFS IN THE SUPERNATURAL | 118 |
I Difference Between Savage and Civilised Man | 119 |
II Limitations of Barbaric Language | 123 |
XI Barbaric and Civilised Notions About the Souls DwellingPlace | 180 |
XII Conclusions from the Foregoing | 186 |
XIII Dreams as Omens and Media of Communication Between Gods and Men | 197 |
Endnotes | 204 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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