PART I

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MYTH: ITS BIRTH AND GROWTH.

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I. ITS PRIMITIVE MEANING 3

II. CONFUSION OF EARLY THOUGHT BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE NOT LIVING 12

III. PERSONIFICATION OF THE POWERS OF NATURE 19 (_a._) The Sun and Moon 19 (_b._) The Stars 29 (_c._) The Earth and Sky 34 (_d._) Storm and Lightning, etc. 41 (_e._) Light and Darkness 48 (_f._) The Devil 53

IV. THE SOLAR THEORY OF MYTH 61

V. BELIEF IN METAMORPHOSIS INTO ANIMALS 81

VI. TOTEMISM: BELIEF IN DESCENT FROM ANIMAL OR PLANT 99

VII. SURVIVAL OF MYTH IN HISTORY 114

VIII. MYTH AMONG THE HEBREWS 131

IX. CONCLUSION 137

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