The Masks Of God, Volume 1 by Joseph Campbell
Primitive Mythology
A comparative study of early human mythmaking that surveys prehistoric and tribal narratives worldwide, showing how origin, totemic, and shamanic stories functioned to explain nature, structure social life, and shape consciousness; it identifies recurring motifs and symbolic patterns and argues these primitive myths embody a collective imagination formed by environment, ritual, and communal needs, providing foundational themes later transformed by more complex religious and cultural systems.
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- 1959
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