The Myth of the Birth of the Hero, by Otto Rank, [1914], at sacred-texts.com

THE MYTH OF THE BIRTH OF THE HERO

A Psychological Interpretation of Mythology

(Translation of Der Mythus von der Geburt des Helden: Versuch einer Psychologischen Mythendeutung. Leipzig, Deuticke, 1909)

by Otto Rank

Translated from the German by Drs. F. Robbins and Smith Ely Jelliffe

Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series No. 18.

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company, New York

[1914]

Scanned at sacred-texts.com, October 2006. Proofed and Formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States because both the translation and the original were published prior to January 1st, 1923. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.