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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER III. THE SOURCE OF MYTHICAL SPEECH. PAGE - The Infancy of Mankind................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
20 - Earliest Condition of Thought and its Consequences................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
20 - Primary Myths................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
22 - Secondary Myths................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
23 - Polyonymy, as affecting the Growth of Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
23 - Use of Abstract and Concrete Names................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
25 - Myths arising from the Use of Equivocal Words................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26 - Disintegration of Myths................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28 CHAPTER IV. THE DEVELOPEMENT OF MYTHS. - Elasticity of Mythical Speech................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29 - Results of Mythical Language................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30 - Evidence of this Developement furnished by the Rig-Veda................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
31 - Relative Age of Greek Myths................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
31 - Solar Myths................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32 - Changeful Action of the Sun................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
33 - Repulsive Developements of Solar Legends................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - Origin of these Developements................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - Tendency to localize Mythical Incidents................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - Vitality of the Mythopoeic Faculty................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - Constant Demand for New Mythical Narratives................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - Transmutation of Names really Historical................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37 - Groundwork of the Mythology of Northern Europe................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
37 - Groundwork of the " Homeric" Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
39 - Comparison of Greek and Norse Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - Special Characteristics of Greek Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41 - Full Developement of Greek Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
42 - Arrested Growth of Northern Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
43 - Light thrown on both by the Vedic Hymns................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
44 - Stages in the Growth of Mythical Systems................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
44 CHAPTER V. DIFFUSION OF MYTHS. - The Common Element in Aryan Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
47 - The Greek Mythology of itself explains the Nature of this Common Element................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
48 - The Norse Mythology points in precisely the same Direction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
49 - The Missing Link is supplied in the Older Vedic Poems................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
50 - The Key to all Aryan Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
50 - Germs of Mythical Tales................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
52 - Truthfulness of Mythical Description................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
53 - Groundwork of Aryan Mythology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
53 - Greek Dynastic Legends................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
54 - Growth of Popular Traditions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
55 - Aryan Folklore................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
56 - Legends seemingly not resolvable into Phrases relating to Physical Phenomena................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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