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CONTENTS.

  1. BOOK I.
  2. CHAPTER I.
  3. POPULAR THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF MYTHOLOGY.
  4. PAGE
  5. Method of Inquiry1
  6. The Nature of the Problem to be solved1
  7. Condition of Society in the Greek Heroic Age2
  8. Character of "Homeric" Mythology3
  9. Contrast between Mythological and Religious Belief3
  10. The Lyric and Tragic Poets were conscious of this Contrast4
  11. Conflicting Views as to its Origin4
  12. Theory of a Corrupted Revelation5
  13. System of Secondaries5
  14. Nature of the Doctrines perverted in Greek Mythology6
  15. Relations of Will between Zeus and Athênê7
  16. Peculiar Forms of Greek Mythology8
  17. Consequences involved in the Perversion of an Original Revelation8
  18. Comparison of the Homeric with the Vedic Mythology9
  19. Methods of determining the Extent of Primitive Revelation10
  20. Evidence of the Book of Genesis10
  21. Its Character11
  22. Limits of that Evidence11
  23. Course of Revelation in the Old Testament12
  24. Necessity of accounting for the Character of Greek Mythology12
  25. Allegorical Interpretation of Myths13
  26. CHAPTER II.
  27. THE RELATION OF MYTHOLOGY TO LANGUAGE.
  28. Origin of Abstract Words14
  29. Expansive Power of Sensuous Words14
  30. Origin of Language15
  31. Immobility of Savage Races16
  32. Historical Results of the Analysis of Language17
  33. Earliest Conditions of Thought18
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