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

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

by Heinrich Zimmer
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Availability:In StockContributor:Heinrich Zimmer, Joseph Campbell (Editor)Series:Works by Heinrich ZimmerPublish date:1971-11-21Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691017761ISBN-10:069101776XUPC:9780691017761Book Category:Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Folklore & MythologySize:9.02 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC6DKZX0W0

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:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691017761ISBN-10:069101776XUPC:9780691017761Book Category:Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Folklore & MythologySize:9.02 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC6DKZX0W0
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.
Publisher: Princeton University Press

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Revised Edition

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Heinrich Zimmer, Joseph Campbell (Editor)

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Heinrich Zimmer

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