(3) He showed that myth displayed a regularity of development not to be accounted for by motiveless fancy, but by laws of formation.
(4) The promulgation of the animistic hypothesis by Tylor is a landmark in mythic science.
(5) Robertson Smith showed that myth takes the place of dogma in primitive religions.
(6) Lang demonstrated the unsoundness of the 'disease of language' theory.
He laid stress on the irrational element in myth;
Indicated the complexity of mythic development; Showed how the evolutionary theory may be applied to myth;
Pointed out that the persistence of myth was accounted for by religious conservatism;
Laid it down that the occurrence of identical myths may be accounted for by the universal prevalence of similar mental habits (this, however, will not account for long and intricate plots).
(7) Jevons points out the reflection of myth by ritual.
(8) The present writer believes: