Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol 1
Author | : Andrew Lang |
Publisher | : Ebookslib |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1913 |
ISBN-10 | : BNC:1001984010 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol 1 written by Andrew Lang and published by Ebookslib. This book was released on 1913 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When this book first appeared (1886), the philological school of interpretation of religion and myth, being then still powerful in England, was criticised and opposed by the author. In Science, as on the Turkish throne of old, Amurath to Amurath succeeds; the philological theories of religion and myth have now yielded to anthropological methods. The centre of the anthropological position was the ghost theory of Mr