num_pages: 352
description: Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth.
language: English
title: The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil
titlecomplete: The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil (Works by Heinrich Zimmer, 5)
genres: Mythology, Religion, Philosophy, Tarot, Psychology, Nonfiction, History, Spirituality, Literary Criticism, Folklore
ratings_count: 414
publisher: Princeton University Press