The Myth of the Birth of the Hero (German: Der Mythus von der Geburt des Helden) is a book by Austrian psychoanalyst Otto Rank in which the author puts forth a psychoanalytical interpretation of mythological heroes, specifically with regard to legends about their births. [1]

2010年10月18日 · The myth of the birth of the hero : a psychological interpretation of mythology by Rank, Otto, 1884-1939; Robbins, F.; Jelliffe, Smith Ely, 1866-1945

Walter F. Otto's "Dionysos. Mythos und Kultus" is a seminal work that explores the ancient Greek god Dionysos through the lenses of myth and ritual.

In narratology and comparative mythology, the Rank–Raglan mythotype (sometimes called the hero archetypes) is a set of narrative patterns proposed by psychoanalyst Otto Rank and later on amateur anthropologist Lord Raglan that lists different cross-cultural traits often found in the accounts of heroes, including mythical heroes. [1][2]

Originally published in German 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 Freud, Rank compared the myths of such figures as Oedipus, Moses, and Sargon with common dreams, seeing in both a symbolic ...

2021年3月6日 · Part I : Myth and cultus -- Part II : Dionysus -- The birthplace of cult of Dionysus -- The son of Zeus and Semele -- The myths of his epiphany -- The god who comes -- The symbol of the mask -- Pandemonium and silence -- The world bewitched -- The somber madness -- Modern theories -- The mad god -- The vine -- Dionysus revealed in vegetative ...

In this study Rank looks at a a wide variety of Eurasian hero birth narratives, including Greek, Roman, Judeo-Christian, Indian, and Germanic legendary figures. He uses the methodology and vocabulary of classic Freudian psychoanalysis to do so.

WALTER F. OTTO (1874–1958) was a distinguished philologist and historian of Greek and Roman religion. ROBERT B. PALMER (1919–1977) was Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures at Scripps...