In this book, the author analyzes myths from around the world to argue for the existence of a dying and rising god archetype. In the process, he draws out interpretive implications of the myths for not only myth studies per se, but also studies in religion, literature, and psychology.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter One: The Death of an Archetype?
Chapter Two: Other Ancient Near Eastern Candidates?
Chapter Three: Greco-Roman Connections
Chapter Four: Non-Classical and Traditional Cultures
Chapter Five: Jesus
Chapter Six: The Dying and Rising God in Literature: T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land
Chapter Seven: The Dying and Rising God as Archetype