The Rank, Otto 1884-1939 creator Jelliffe, Smith Ely 1866-1945 Robbins, F. text utu 2021 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A psychological interpretation of mythology" by Otto Rank is a psychoanalytic study published in 1909. Rank examines birth legends of ancient and medieval heroes—from Moses and Oedipus to Siegfried and Jesus—uncovering recurring motifs of royal parentage, threatened infancy, rescue, and recognition. He proposes a universal pattern underlying these narratives, rooted in Freudian psychology. The work became foundational in hero-myth analysis, though later scholars challenged its psychoanalytic premises and claims of universal application. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Myth_of_the_Birth_of_the_Hero Release date is 2021-08-31 Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Heroes Psychology, Pathological Mythology -- Psychological aspects BL Original publication data not identified 14012461 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66192 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66192 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134528.0 66192