Chapter II: Part I: 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