Psychoanalytic Approaches to Myth

This book surveys the history of psychoanalytic treatments of myths variously as symptoms of psychopathology, as cultural defense mechanisms, and as metaphoric expressions of ideas that may include therapeutic insights.

Contents: Preface 1. Mythology into Metapsychology 2. Myth as Unconscious Manifestation 3. Myth and the Basic Dream 4. Myth as Defense and Adaptation 5. Myth as Metaphor 6. Therapeutic Insights in Myth Epilogue: Clinical Implications References