King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil (Revised)

Title: King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil (Revised)
Author: Heinrich Zimmer
Anthropology: 1681353
ISBN: 069101776X
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1971
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Section: Social Science | Folklore & Mythology
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Publisher Description:

Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth.