num_pages: 272
description: The name of the Toltec high god illustrates the scope of the Royal Fathers' kingship. These givers of life, in their simultaneous sacred &amp; human forms, were a universal experience of the archaic world. Here a Jungian psychiatrist traces their appearnce throughout legend from the Nile to the New World, revealing the source of Jung's racial archetype, which survives in the psyche of contemporary humans. In this fascinating study of the myths of celestial &amp; terrestrial kingship, Dr Perry shows how the image of the Royal Father has worked in so many cultures as a force for structure &amp; orderly differentiation.
language: English
title: Lord of the Four Quarters Myths of the Royal Father
titlecomplete: Lord of the Four Quarters Myths of the Royal Father
genres: Nonfiction, Mythology, History, Psychology
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Collier Books