Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-488) and index.
1. The psychology of myth -- The enigma of the inherited image -- The imprints of experience -- 2. The mythology of the primitive planters -- The culture province of the high civilizations -- The province of the immolated kings -- The ritual love-death -- 3. The mythology of the primitive hunters -- Shamanism -- The animal master --The Paleolithic caves -- 4. The archaeology of myth -- Mythological thresholds of the Paleolithic -- Mythological thresholds of the Neolithic -- Conclusion: the functioning of myth.
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The primitive roots of the mythology of the world are examined in the light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology.