Modern Mythology
by Andrew Lang
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A fascinating treatise on the study of modern mythology the construction of myths so soon after an event. Andrew Lang was the foremost scholar in folklore and mythology of his time. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Chapters (171)
- MODERN MYTHOLOGY
- DEDICATION
- INTRODUCTION
- REGENT MYTHOLOGY
- Mythology in 1860-1880
- Autobiographical
- The Ugly Scars
- My Criticism of Mr. Max Müller
- Success of Anthropological Method
- Mr. Max Müller’s Reply
- THE STORY OF DAPHNE
- Mr. Max Müller’s Method in Controversy
- Tuna and Daphne
- Criticism of Tuna and Daphne
- The Explanation
- Disease of Language and Folk-etymology
- Mannhardt on Daphne
- THE QUESTION OF ALLIES
- Athanasius
- Italian Critics
- A Dutch Defender
- Reply
- ‘Braves Gens’
- Professor Tiele on Our Merits
- Destruction and Construction
- Allies or Not?
- Our Errors
- Uses of Philology
- Personal Controversy
- The Story of Cronos
- Professor Tiele on Sunset Myths
- Our Lack of Scientific Exactness
- My Lack of Explanation of Cronos
- My Crime
- My Reply to Professor Tiele
- Conclusion as to Professor Tiele
- MANNHARDT
- Mannhardt’s Attitude
- Moral Character Impeached
- Mannhardt
- Mannhardt’s Letters
- How Mannhardt differs from Mr. Max Müller
- Mannhardt’s Method
- Another Claim on Mannhardt
- What Mannhardt said
- My Relations to Mannhardt
- Mannhardt’s Return to his old Colours
- Mannhardt’s Attitude to Philology
- Irritating Conduct of Mannhardt
- Mannhardt on Demeter Erinnys
- Mannhardt’s ‘Mean Argument’
- Why Mannhardt is Thought to have been Converted
- Mannhardt’s Final Confession
- Mannhardt on Solar Myths
- Mannhardt on Märchen.
- ‘The Two Brothers’
- The Golden Fleece
- Mannhardt’s Approach to Mr. Max Müller
- PHILOLOGY AND DEMETER ERINNYS
- Mr. Max Müller on Demeter Erinnys.
- My Theory of the Horse Demeter
- TOTEMISM
- Totemism
- Totemism Defined
- What a Totem is
- The Evidence for Sign-boards
- More about Totems
- Heraldry and Totems
- Gods and Totems
- An Objection
- A Weak Brother
- Mr. Frazer and Myself
- Greek Totemism
- The Greek Mouse-totem?
- Philological Theory
- Mr. Frazer on Animals in Greek Religion
- Aryan Totems (?)
- Mr. Frazer and I
- Mr. Frazer on Origin of Totemism
- Mr. Frazer’s Theory
- THE VALIDITY OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
- Anthropological Evidence
- ‘Positions one never held’
- Positions which I never held
- Anthropological Evidence
- Mr. Max Müller’s Method of Controversy
- Mr. Max Müller on our Evidence
- The Test of Recurrences
- Bias of Theory
- Concerning Missionaries
- THE PHILOLOGICAL METHOD IN ANTHROPOLOGY
- Mr. Max Müller as Ethnologist
- Names of Savage Gods
- A Hottentot God
- Cause of our Scepticism
- Phonetic Bickerings
- Phonetic Rules
- Basis of a Science
- Philology in Action—Indra
- Obscuring the Veda
- CRITICISM OF FETISHISM
- Mischief of Comparisons in Comparative Mythology
- Dr. Oldenberg
- Comparisons, when odious
- A Question of Logic
- ‘Scholars’
- Anthropology and the Mysteries
- Abstract Ideas of Savages
- Perception of the Infinite
- Fetishism and Anthropological Method
- Origin of Fetishes
- ‘Telekinetic’ Origin of Fetishism
- Civilised ‘Fetishism’
- More Mischiefs of Comparison
- Still more Nemesis
- For Us or Against Us?
- The Fallacy of ‘Admits’
- Conclusion as to our Method
- THE RIDDLE THEORY
- What the Philological Theory Needs
- The Riddle Theory
- Mordvinian Mythology
- Lettish Mythology
- The Chances of Fancy
- ARTEMIS
- Artemis
- Otfried Müller
- Beast Dances
- The View of Classical Scholars
- Mr. Max Müller’s Explanation
- Wider Application of the Theory
- The Bear Dance
- THE FIRE-WALK
- The Method of Psychical Research
- Mount Soracte
- Hirpi Sorani
- Mannhardt’s Deficiency
- The Fire-walk
- Fijian Fire-walk
- Kling Fire-walk
- Tupua’s Incantation used in Walking Over the Uum-Ti.—Translation
- Corroborative Evidence
- The Fire-walk in Trinidad.
- Bulgarian Fire-walk
- Indian Fire-walk
- Psychical Parallels
- Conclusion as to Fire-walk
- Psychical Research
- THE ORIGIN OF DEATH
- Yama
- The Origin of Death
- Death, regarded as Unnatural
- Why Men are Mortal
- Savage Death-Myths
- The Greek Myth
- The Serpent
- Dualistic Myths
- Economic Myth
- Maui and Yama
- Maui Myths
- Yama
- Inferences
- The Stealing of Fire
- ‘Fire Totems’
- Prometheus
- Savage Myths of Fire-stealing
- Origin of the Myth of Fire-stealing
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX A: The Fire-walk in Spain
- APPENDIX B: Mr. Macdonell on Vedic Mythology
- FOOTNOTES
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