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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero
Cover for the 1922 German edition
AuthorOtto Rank
Original titleDer Mythus von der Geburt des Helden
Translator
  • E. Robbins and Smith Ely Jelliffe (1914 translation)
  • Gregory C. Richter and E. James Lieberman (2004 translation)
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
Published
  • 1909 (1st ed. in German)
  • 1914 (1st ed. in English)
  • 1922 (2nd ed. in German)
  • 2004 (2nd ed. in English)

The Myth of the Birth of the Hero (German: Der Mythus von der Geburt des Helden) is a book by Austrian psychoanalyst Otto Rank in which the author puts forth a psychoanalytical interpretation of mythological heroes, specifically with regard to legends about their births.[1] The first edition of the book was published in 1909, and a greatly expanded second edition was published in 1922.[2]

  1. ^ Kaës, René (2005). "Myth of the Birth of the Hero, The". In de Mijolla, Alain (ed.). The International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. pp. 1093–1094.
  2. ^ Segal, Robert A. (2004). "Introductory Essay". The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth. Baltimore, MA: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. viii, xxviii.

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