Psyche and death : death-demons in folklore, myths, and modern dreams

by Edgar Herzog

Other authorsDavid Cox (Translator), Eugene Rolfe (Translator), C. L. Sebrell (Preface)
Paperback, 2000

Publication

Imprint: Woodstock, Conn. : Spring Publications, c2000. Context: Originally published as Psyche und Tod. Zurich, Rascher, 1960. Series: Studies for the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich (New York, N.Y.) and Eranos Lectures. Edition: new edition. Responsibility: by Edgar Herzog ; translated from the German by David Cox and Eugene Rolfe ; with a new preface by C.L. Sebrell. OCLC Number: 47810207. Physical: Text : 1 volume : iv, 225 pages ; 22 cm. Features: Includes bibliography.

Call number

Psy-J / Herzo

Barcode

BK-08363

ISBN

9780882145150

CSS Library Notes

Description: In this extraordinary two-part study—first presented as lectures at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich—Herzog exhumes from fairy tales and folklore macabre variations of the archaic Death Image.

Part I deals with ethnological and mythological material consisting of reports and traditions from around the world. In Part II, Herzog examines the dreams of contemporary men and women and links those dreams to the symbolic images and rites of Death. -- from publisher

Contents:
1. The Horror of Death --
2. Killing --
3. The Shrouding "Hider-Goddess" --
4. Death-Demon as Dog and Wolf --
5. Death-Demon as Snake and Bird --
6. Death-Demon as Horse --
7. Tools and Attributes: The Death-Demon in Human Form --
8. Food of the Shades and Comminion with the Ancestors --
9. Death-Demon as Fate --
10. The Death-Mother: Marriage and Paternal Aspects --
11. A Late Return of the Death-Demon --
12. Dreams 1: Repression, Flight, and Initial Acceptance --
13. Dreams 2: Killing --
14. Dreams 3: Archaic Forms of the Death-Demon --
15. Dreams 4: The Kingdom of the Dead --
16. Dreams 5: Death-Dreams as an Expression of Development.

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Physical description

iv, 225 p.; 22 cm

Description

In this extraordinary two-part study -- first presented as lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich -- Herzog exhumes from fairy tales and folklore macabre variations of the archaic Death Image. Part I deals with ethnological and mythological material consisting of reports and traditions from around the world. In Part II Herzog examines the dreams of contemporary men and women and links those dreams to the symbolic images and rites of Death.

Language

Original language

German

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