Full name: The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil

Author: Heinrich Robert Zimmer Year: 1948 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Psychology, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780691017761 069101776X

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. Similar books: The Uses of Greek Mythology by Ken Dowden Classical Mythology by Stephen Harris The World of Myth by David Leeming Warriors, Gods & Spirits from Central & South American Mythology by Douglas Gifford Primal Myths by Barbara C. Sproul The Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classical Mythology by Kevin Osborn Songs on Bronze by Nigel Spivey Dionysos by C. Kerenyi Pathways to Bliss by Joseph Campbell World Mythology by Donna Rosenberg The Beautiful Stories of Life by Cynthia Rylant Myths & Legends of Japan by F. Hadland Davis Classic Myths to Read Aloud by William F. Russell Classical Myth by Barry B. Powell Existential Psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness by Erich Fromm Consciousness by Antti Revonsuo Marriage and Morals by Bertrand Russell Super Consciousness by Colin Wilson