The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil

by Heinrich Zimmer

Other authorsJoseph Campbell (Editor)
Hardcover, 1957

Status

Available

Call number

398

Collection

Publication

Princeton, NJ, 1957: Bollingen Series XI, Pantheon Books

Description

Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth.

Language

Original language

German

Original publication date

1948

Local notes

SS Numerous multicultural stories of human conquest of evil, their symbols, and (mainly Jungian) analysis. Sources include Arabian Nights, Irish Legends, Hindu tales, the Arthurian cycle, medieval Christianity.

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