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Myth, Ritual and Religion (Vols. I & II) is Andrew Lang's far‐ranging inquiry into the origins and transformations of sacred narrative. Marrying classical learning to the new comparative anthropology, he tests the "solar myth" and evolutionary schools against folktale corpora, travelers' reports, and ritual practice from Australia and the Americas to Greece and Scandinavia. Urbane, precise, and wry, his style combines scrupulous citation with close motif analysis and attention to totemism, taboo, and early "high gods." A Scottish classicist, folklorist, and journalist, Lang studied at St Andrews and Oxford and popularized ballads and fairy tales while engaging London learned societies. His distaste for armchair philology and his respect for ethnographic evidence inform his revisions: that moralized supreme beings may precede priesthoods and that myth resists reduction to a single physical allegory. Scholars and students of religion, folklore, and classical reception will find these volumes indispensable: a methodological primer and an encyclopedic archive in one. Read it to see Victorian debate at its sharpest, to sharpen your own comparative practice, and to encounter sacred stories with humane skepticism and durable curiosity. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Myth, Ritual and Religion (Vols. I & II) is Andrew Lang's far‐ranging inquiry into the origins and transformations of sacred narrative. Marrying classical learning to the new comparative anthropology, he tests the "solar myth" and evolutionary schools against folktale corpora, travelers' reports,...
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Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang is now chiefly known for his publications on folklore, mythology, and religion. His writings on Scottish history are characterized by a scholarly care for detail, a piquant literary style, and a gift for disentangling complicated questions.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang is now chiefly known for his publications on folklore, mythology, and religion. His writings on Scottish history are ...
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