Essays on a science of mythology, the myth of the divine child and the mysteries of Eleusis / by C. G. Jung and C. Kerényi. Translated by R. F. C. Hull.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961

Contributor:

Kerényi, Karl, 1897-1973.

Series:

Bollingen series ; 22.

Standardized Title:

Einführung in das Wesen der Mythologie. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

viii, 200 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

[Revised edition].

Place of Publication:

[Princeton, N.J.] : Princeton University Press, [1969, c1963].

Summary:

"Essays on a Science of Mythology" is a cooperative work between C. Kernyi, who has been called "the most psychological of mythologists," and C. G. Jung, who has been called "the most mythological of psychologists." Kernyi contributes an essay on the Divine Child and one on the "Kore" (the Maiden), together with a substantial introduction and conclusion. Jung contributes a psychological commentary on each essay. Both men hoped, through their collaboration, to elevate the study of mythology to the status of a science. In "The Primordial Child in Primordial Times" Kernyi treats the child-God as an enduring and significant figure in Greek, Norse, Finnish, Etruscan, and Judeo-Christian mythology. He discusses the "Kore" as Athena, Artemis, Hecate, and Demeter-Persephone, the mother-daughter of the Eleusinian mysteries. Jung speaks of the Divine Child and the Maiden as living psychological realities that provide continuing meaning in people's lives. The investigations of C. Kernyi are continued in a later study, "Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter" (Princeton).

Contents:

Prolegomena / C. Kerenyi 1

I The Primordial Child in Primordial Times / C. Kerenyi 25

1. Child-Gods 25

2. The Orphan Child 27

3. A Vogul God 30

4. Kullervo 33

5. Narayana 40

6. Apollo 46

7. Hermes 51

8. Zeus 58

9. Dionysus 66

II The Psychology of the Child Archetype / C. G. Jung 70

II. The Psychology of the Child Archetype 79

1. The Archetype as a Link with the Past 79

2. The Function of the Archetype 81

3. The Futurity of the Archetype 83

4. Unity and Plurality of the Child-Motif 84

5. Child-God and Child-Hero 84

III. The Special Phenomenology of the Child-Archetype 86

1. The Abandonment of the Child 86

2. The Invincibility of the Child 89

3. The Hermaphroditism of the Child 92

4. The Child as Beginning and End 96

III Kore / C. Kerenyi 101

1. Anadyomene 102

2. The Paradox of the Mythological Idea 103

3. Maiden-Goddesses 106

4. Hecate 109

5. Demeter 113

6. Persephone 120

7. Indonesian Kore Figures 129

8. The Kore in Eleusis 136

9. The Eleusinian Paradox 151

IV The Psychological Aspects of the Kore / C. G. Jung 156

Epilegomena: The Miracle of Eleusis / C. Kerenyi 178.

Notes:

Translation of Einführung in das Wesen der Mythologie.

Bibliography: pages 184-196.

ISBN:

0691098514 0691017565 (pbk.)

OCLC:

264584