The king and the corpse : tales of the soul's conquest of evil / Heinrich Zimmer ; edited by Joseph Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmer, Heinrich Robert, 1890-1943.

Contributor:

Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Bollingen series ; 11.

Mythos (Princeton, N.J.)

Bollingen series ; 11

Mythos series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1993.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Abu Kasem's slippers.

A pagan hero and a Christian saint.

Four romances from the cycle of King Arthur: Gawain and the Green Knight. The Knight with the lion. Lancelot. Merlin.

The king and the corpse.

Four episodes from the romance of the goddess: The involuntary creation. The involuntary marriage. The voluntary death. Shiva Mad.

On the Siprā shore.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

069101776X

9780691017761

OCLC:

29925502