The king and the corpse
Subtitle: tales of the soul's conquest of evil
By: Heinrich Zimmer ; edited by Joseph Campbell.
Contributors: Campbell, Joseph, 1904-
Series: Bollingen series -- 11.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Folklore.; Evil in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Abu Kasem's slippers; title: A pagan hero and a Christian saint; title: Four romances from the cycle of King Arthur: Gawain and the Green Knight.  The Knight with the lion.  Lancelot.  Merlin; title: The king and the corpse; title: Four episodes from the romance of the goddess: The involuntary creation.  The involuntary marriage.  The voluntary death.  Shiva Mad; title: On the Siprā shore.