Psychology of the Unconscious / A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido. A Contribution to the History of the Evolution of Thought

by C. G. Jung

PART II

CHAPTER I

[204]. This is the way it appears to us from the psychological standpoint. See below.

[205]. Samson as Sun-god. See Steinthal: “Die Sage von Simson,” Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie, Vol. II.

[206]. I am indebted for the knowledge of this fragment to Dr. Van Ophuijsen of The Hague.

[207]. Rudra, properly father of the Maruts (winds), a wind or sun god, appears here as the sole creator God, as shown in the course of the text. The rôle of creator and fructifier easily belongs to him as wind god. I refer to the observations in Part I concerning Anaxagoras and to what follows.

[208]. This and the following passages from the Upanishads are quoted from: “The Upanishads,” translated by R. G. S. Mead and J. C. Chattopâdhyâya. London 1896.

[209]. In a similar manner, the Persian sun-god Mithra is endowed with an immense number of eyes.

[210]. Whoever has in himself, God, the sun, is immortal, like the sun. Compare Pt. I, Ch. 5.

[211]. Bayard Taylor’s translation of “Faust” is used throughout this book.—Translator.