Einführung in das Wesen der Mythologie

_Essays on a Science of Mythology_ is a cooperative work between C. Kerényi, who has been called “the most psychological of mythologists,” and C. G. Jung, who has been called “the most mythological of psychologists.” Kerényi contributes an essay on the Divine Child and one on the _Kore_ (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” Kerényi treats the child-God as an enduring and significant figure in Greek, Norse, Finnish, Etruscan, and Judeo-Christian mythology. He discusses the _Kore_ as Athena, Artemis, Hecate, and Demeter-Persephone, the mother-daughter of the Eleusinian mysteries. Jung speaks of the Divine Child and the Maiden as living psychological realities that provide continuing meaning in people’s lives. The investigations of C. Kerényi are continued in a later study, _Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter_ (Princeton).

Year

1969

Language

English

Series

Bollingen series, Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Editions

1

Pages

208

ISBN

9780691017563

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