|
BooksShouldBeFree.com Your source for free audio books. Download one in mp3, iPod and iTunes format today. |
|
| Custom and Myth |
|---|
| Audio book preview: |
CUSTOM AND MYTH INTRODUCTION. Though some of the essays in this volume have appeared in various serials, the majority of them were written expressly for their present purpose, and they are now arranged in a designed order. During some years of study of Greek, Indian, and savage mythologies, I have become more and more impressed with a sense of the inadequacy of the prevalent method of comparative mythology. That method is based on the belief that myths are the result of a disease of language, as the pearl is the result of a disease of the oyster. It is argued that men at some period, or periods, spoke in a singular style of coloured and concrete language, and that their children retained the phrases of this language after losing hold of the original meaning. The consequence was the growth of myths about supposed persons, whose names had originally been mere 'appellations.' In conformity with this hypothe |
Add audio book to Itunes as a pod cast |
Download mp3 files for each chapter of this book in one zip file |
| Full text of this free audio book |
|---|
| View the full text |
| Genres for this book |
|---|
| Fiction |
| Fairy tales |
| History |
Similar free audio books — History Books | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II, The Edward Gibbon |
 Popular History of France from the Earliest Times vol 1, A Francois Guizot (1787−1874), translated by Robert Black (1829−1915) |
 Searchlights on Health B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols |
 The Illustrated War News Various |
Popular Genres
| All Genres |
|---|
| Audio Book Language |
|---|
