In quest of the hero.
Contributors: Rank, Otto, 1884-1939.; Raglan, FitzRoy Richard Somerset, Baron, 1885-; Dundes, Alan.
Series: Mythos; Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Mythological interpretations.; Heroes -- Mythology.; Heroes -- Religious aspects.
Description: In Quest of the Hero makes available for a new generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's Myth of the Birth of the Hero and the central section of Lord Raglan's The Hero. Amplifying these is Alan Dundes's fascinating contemporary inquiry, "The Hero Pattern and the Life of Jesus." Examined here are the patterns found in the lore surrounding historical or legendary figures like Gilgamesh, Moses, David, Oedipus, Odysseus, Perseus, Heracles, Aeneas, Romulus, Siegfried, Lohengrin, Arthur, and Buddha.
Notes: "With an introduction by Robert A. Segal"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: The myth of the birth of the hero / by Otto Rank; title: The hero : studies in tradition, myth, and drama, Part II / by Lord Raglan; title: The hero pattern and the life of Jesus by Alan Dundes.