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.
Author: Heinrich Robert Zimmer
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 11/21/1971
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780691017761
ISBN10: 069101776X
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
- Philosophy | General
About the Author
The noted Indologist Heinrich Zimmer, born in Germany in 1890, came to the United States in 1940, at the height of his career, and was lecturing at Columbia University when he died in 1943. His other works in the Bollingen series include Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization and Philosophies of India.