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Myths and Dreams

by Edward Clodd

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3I — Myth: Its Birth and Growth
  4. 4§ I — Its Primitive Meaning
  5. 5§ II — Confusion of Early Thought Between the Living and the Not Li…
  6. 6§ III — Personification of the Powers of Nature
  7. 7§ IV — The Solar Theory of Myth
  8. 8§ V — Belief in Metamorphosis Into Animals
  9. 9§ VI — Totemism: Belief in Descent From Animal or Plant
  10. 10§ VII — Survival of Myth in History
  11. 11§ VIII — Myth Among the Hebrews
  12. 12§ IX — Conclusion
  13. 13II — Dreams: Their Place in the Growth of Beliefs in the Supernatural
  14. 14§ I — Difference Between Savage and Civilised Man
  15. 15§ II — Limitations of Barbaric Language
  16. 16§ III — Barbaric Confusion Between Names and Things
  17. 17§ IV — Barbaric Belief in Virtue in Inanimate Things
  18. 18§ V — Barbaric Belief in the Reality of Dreams
  19. 19§ VI — Barbaric Theory of Disease
  20. 20§ VII — Barbaric Theory of a Second Self or Soul
  21. 21§ VIII — Barbaric Philosophy in “Punchkin” and Allied Stories
  22. 22§ IX — Barbaric and Civilised Notions of the Soul’s Nature
  23. 23§ X — Barbaric Belief in Souls in Brutes and Plants and Lifeless Th…
  24. 24§ XI — Barbaric and Civilised Notions About the Soul’s Dwelling-Place
  25. 25§ XII — Conclusions From the Foregoing
  26. 26§ XIII — Dreams as Omens and Media of Communication Between Gods an…

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