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CONTENTS.
BOOK I. CHAPTER I. POPULAR THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF MYTHOLOGY. PAGE - Method of Inquiry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1 - The Nature of the Problem to be solved................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
1 - Condition of Society in the Greek Heroic Age................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2 - Character of "Homeric" Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3 - Contrast between Mythological and Religious Belief................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
3 - The Lyric and Tragic Poets were conscious of this Contrast................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4 - Conflicting Views as to its Origin................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
4 - Theory of a Corrupted Revelation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5 - System of Secondaries................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
5 - Nature of the Doctrines perverted in Greek Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
6 - Relations of Will between Zeus and Athênê................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
7 - Peculiar Forms of Greek Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
8 - Consequences involved in the Perversion of an Original Revelation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
8 - Comparison of the Homeric with the Vedic Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
9 - Methods of determining the Extent of Primitive Revelation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10 - Evidence of the Book of Genesis................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
10 - Its Character................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
11 - Limits of that Evidence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
11 - Course of Revelation in the Old Testament................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
12 - Necessity of accounting for the Character of Greek Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
12 - Allegorical Interpretation of Myths................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
13 CHAPTER II. THE RELATION OF MYTHOLOGY TO LANGUAGE. - Origin of Abstract Words................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
14 - Expansive Power of Sensuous Words................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
14 - Origin of Language................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
15 - Immobility of Savage Races................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
16 - Historical Results of the Analysis of Language................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
17 - Earliest Conditions of Thought................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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