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1. 1. Schöpferische Mythologie. Die Masken Gottes 4

   

   Campbell argues that creative individuals function as modern mythmakers, synthesizing archetypal imagery, psychology and cultural experience to generate new myths that respond to contemporary human needs. He traces how mythic motifs are transformed in literature, art and religion, showing how artists and writers rework symbolic forms to reconcile inner life with social change. Drawing on comparative religion, anthropology and psychoanalysis, the book explores the persistence of mythic imagination in secular societies and defends the necessity of imaginative traditions to renew meaning and guide people through modern crises of identity and purpose.

2. 2. Mythologie Des Westens. Die Masken Gottes 3

   

   A comparative survey of Western mythic traditions from the ancient Near East and classical antiquity through medieval Christianity to the modern era, arguing that the cultural “masks” of the divine shift as societies transform. It examines recurring motifs—the hero, sacrifice, cosmogenesis, and manifestations of the sacred—and interprets how myths express psychological needs and social structures, using comparative and psychoanalytic perspectives to show myth as a living response to historical change. The work emphasizes myth’s adaptive power to shape identity and guide human experience across epochs.

3. 3. Mythologie Des Ostens. Die Masken Gottes 2

   

   A wide-ranging comparative study of the religious stories and symbols of Asia, tracing how myths from the Near East through India, China and Japan express human experience and spiritual aspiration; it examines recurring motifs—creation, hero, death and rebirth—and shows how geography, history and social change shaped distinct mythic solutions, from the outward, nature-centered rites of early peoples to the inward, contemplative visions of Indian and East Asian traditions, while arguing that myths function as culturally shaped masks for encountering the sacred.

4. 4. Mythologie Der Urvölker. Die Masken Gottes 1

   Primitive Mythology

   

   A concise, comparative exploration of the myths, rituals and symbolic forms of early and indigenous peoples around the world, tracing recurring themes—creation and death, totemism and shamanism, masks and rites of passage—and showing how these stories and practices structured communal life, mediated between humans and the sacred, and provided the archetypal patterns that underlie later religious and cultural systems.