The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A psychological interpretation of mythology

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Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series, No. 18
BY DR. OTTO RANK of Vienna
Authorized Translation by DRS. F. ROBBINS and SMITH ELY JELLIFFE
NEW YORK
THE JOURNAL OF NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914
Edited by Drs. SMITH ELY JELLIFFE and WM. A. WHITE Numbers Issued
Copyright, 1914, by The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company, New York Press of The New Era Printing Company Lancaster, Pa.
THE MYTH OF THE BIRTH OF THE HERO
The mythological theories, aiming at the explanation of these remarkable phenomena, are, in a general way, as follows: