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Myth, Ritual and Religion, Volume 2: The Development and Transmission of Religious Traditions

Name: Myth, Ritual and Religion, Volume 2: The Development and Transmission of Religious Traditions
Author: Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang1887Vol. 2 of 2

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Second volume of Andrew Lang's foundational comparative study examining development and transmission of religious traditions across cultures and time periods. Traces how religions evolve from primitive origins through more complex forms, how they spread and interact, how they absorb and transform elements from other traditions. Examines classical religions alongside primitive traditions, analyzing continuities and transformations. Demonstrates how religious systems adapt to changing circumstances while maintaining core patterns.

Also known asMyth and Religion Vol. 2 · Religious Tradition and Change

This edition1887

EditionAndrew Lang's second volume of comprehensive comparative study of mythology, ritual, and religion examining development and transmission of religious traditions. Analyzes how religions evolve, spread, interact, and transform across time and cultures.

Comparative ReligionHistory of religionComparative MythologyAnthropologyReligionAnthropology of ReligionCross-CulturalPhilosophical refinement of religious beliefHeresy and orthodoxyreligious ritual and evolutionPriestly authority and religious powerAbsorption of foreign elementsTransmission of religious traditionsritual transformationSacred narratives and their variationsInteraction of different religious traditions

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Comparative Religion

Comparative religion texts on ritual, myth, sacrifice, belief, ancient religion, and cross-cultural theories of sacred practice.

Comparative Mythology

Comparative mythology texts on gods, hero cycles, symbolic patterns, classical myth, Indo-European myth, and cross-cultural mythic structures.

Anthropology of Religion

Anthropological texts on ritual, animism, totemism, taboo, early religion, culture, and theories of belief formation.

Contents23 chapters

01MYTH, RITUAL AND RELIGION
02Volume II.
03Longmans, Green, And Co. 39 Paternoster Row, London New York And Bombay 1901 First printed, August, 1887
04MYTH, RITUAL AND RELIGION
05CHAPTER XII. GODS OF THE LOWEST RACES.
06CHAPTER XIII. GODS OF THE LOWEST RACES.
07CHAPTER XIV. AMERICAN DIVINE MYTHS
08CHAPTER XV. MEXICAN DIVINE MYTHS
09CHAPTER XVI. THE MYTHOLOGY OF EGYPT
10CHAPTER XVII. GODS OF THE ARYANS OF INDIA.
11CHAPTER XVIII. GREEK DIVINE MYTHS
12APOLLO.
13ARTEMIS.
14DIONYSUS.
15ATHENE.
16HERMES.
17DEMETER.
18CONCLUSION.
19CHAPTER XIX. HEROIC AND ROMANTIC MYTHS.
20APPENDIX A. Fontenelle's forgotten common sense
21APPENDIX B. Reply to Objections
22THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
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