The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil
by Heinrich Robert Zimmer
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Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical show more wholeness of this assortment of myth. show lessTags
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Zimmer and Campbell are two of the finest comparative mythologists in print. This book, edited by Campbell from notes and articles written by Zimmer, provides a great overview on the symbology and mythology of tranformation, the soul, and purgation. The book, a series of myths and legends with observations and commentary by Zimmer, covers the landscape of both Eastern (Indian & Arab) as well as Western (Arthurian) myth - and discusses the parallels of each.
1. LOC CONTENT NOTES: Content notes: Abu Kasem's slippers.--A pagan hero and a Christian saint.--Four romances from the cycle of King Arthur: Gawain and the Green Knight. The
Knight with the lion. Lancelot. Merlin.--The king and the corpse.--Four episodes from the romance of the goddess: The involuntary creation. The
involuntary marriage. The voluntary death. Shiva Mad.--On the Siprā shore
2. Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early show more Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth. Source: GoodReads show less
Knight with the lion. Lancelot. Merlin.--The king and the corpse.--Four episodes from the romance of the goddess: The involuntary creation. The
involuntary marriage. The voluntary death. Shiva Mad.--On the Siprā shore
2. Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early show more Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth. Source: GoodReads show less
EL REY Y EL CADAVER :
CUENTOS, MITOS Y LEYENDAS SOBRE LA RECUPERACIÓN DE LA INTEGRIDAD HUMANA
Heinrich Zimmer presenta aquí una selección de historias,
tomadas tanto de la literatura oriental como de la
occidental, vinculadas entre sí por su común preocupación
por la cuestión del eterno conflicto entre el bien y el mal.
El libro se inicia con un cuento árabe, se prolonga con
leyendas tomadas del paganismo irlandés, sigue con el
cristianismo medieval y el ciclo artúrico y, en fin, termina
con el hinduismo antiguo. Zimmer pone así de manifiesto
los significados universales que encierran símbolos
aparentemente dispares y sugiere la totalidad filosófica
perceptible en las diversas variantes del mito.
Heinrich Zimmer nació en Alemania en show more 1890 y se trasladó
a Estados Unidos en 1940, cuando se encontraba en el
punto más alto de su trayectoria intelectual. En el
momento de su muerte, en 1943, impartía clases en la
Universidad de Columbia. También es autor de Myths and
Symbols in Indian Art y Civilization and Philosophies of
India, dos obras que, junto con la presente, han sido
preparadas para su publicación por Joseph Campbell
-autor de The Hero with a Thousand Faces-a partir de las
extensas anotaciones dejadas a su muerte por Zimmer. show less
CUENTOS, MITOS Y LEYENDAS SOBRE LA RECUPERACIÓN DE LA INTEGRIDAD HUMANA
Heinrich Zimmer presenta aquí una selección de historias,
tomadas tanto de la literatura oriental como de la
occidental, vinculadas entre sí por su común preocupación
por la cuestión del eterno conflicto entre el bien y el mal.
El libro se inicia con un cuento árabe, se prolonga con
leyendas tomadas del paganismo irlandés, sigue con el
cristianismo medieval y el ciclo artúrico y, en fin, termina
con el hinduismo antiguo. Zimmer pone así de manifiesto
los significados universales que encierran símbolos
aparentemente dispares y sugiere la totalidad filosófica
perceptible en las diversas variantes del mito.
Heinrich Zimmer nació en Alemania en show more 1890 y se trasladó
a Estados Unidos en 1940, cuando se encontraba en el
punto más alto de su trayectoria intelectual. En el
momento de su muerte, en 1943, impartía clases en la
Universidad de Columbia. También es autor de Myths and
Symbols in Indian Art y Civilization and Philosophies of
India, dos obras que, junto con la presente, han sido
preparadas para su publicación por Joseph Campbell
-autor de The Hero with a Thousand Faces-a partir de las
extensas anotaciones dejadas a su muerte por Zimmer. show less
Apr 22, 2024Spanish
O livro trata de uma coleção de histórias e lendas populares da literatura do oriente e do Ocidente. O foco é o eterno conflito entre a humanidade e as forças do mal. Conteúdo: O diletante entre os símbolos (diletante - do italiano dilettante - aquele que se deleita com alguma coisa, neste caso, deleite com os símbolos); As babuchas de Abu Kasem; Um herói e um santo cristão; Quatro romances do ciclo do Rei Artur: Sir Gawain e o cavaleiro Verde, O Cavaleiro do leão, Lancelote, Merlin; O Rei e o cadáver; Quatro episódios do romance da Deusa: A criação involuntária, O casamento involuntário, A morte voluntária, A loucura de Shiva; Às margens do Shipra.
Jan 20, 2025Portuguese (Brazil)
> Ni étude ni exégèse mais un recueil de contes mythologiques puisés dans les traditions de l’Inde, de l’Irlande et de l’Islam. Entrelacés de commentaires métaphysiques, cosmologiques et psychologiques, l’auteur nous fait assister aux luttes pour la reconquête de notre intégralité perdue.
—R.M., L'espace intérieur
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> Le roi et le cadavre
Se reporter au compte rendu de André BAREAU
In: Revue Esprit, No. 426 (7/8) (Juillet-Août 1973), p. 190. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://esprit.presse.fr/article/germain-gabriel/heinrich-zimmer-le-roi-et-le-ca...
> Le Roi et le cadavre, de Heinrich ZIMMER, trad. de l’anglo-américain par show more Léon-Gabriel GROS ((Documents spirituels, 7), Paris, Fayard, 1972, 248 p.)
Se reporter au compte rendu de Hélène BRUNNER
In: Revue de Théologie et de Philosophie, Troisième série, Vol. 111, No. 1 (1979), p. 100. … ; (en ligne),
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—R.M., L'espace intérieur
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> Le roi et le cadavre
Se reporter au compte rendu de André BAREAU
In: Revue Esprit, No. 426 (7/8) (Juillet-Août 1973), p. 190. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://esprit.presse.fr/article/germain-gabriel/heinrich-zimmer-le-roi-et-le-ca...
> Le Roi et le cadavre, de Heinrich ZIMMER, trad. de l’anglo-américain par show more Léon-Gabriel GROS ((Documents spirituels, 7), Paris, Fayard, 1972, 248 p.)
Se reporter au compte rendu de Hélène BRUNNER
In: Revue de Théologie et de Philosophie, Troisième série, Vol. 111, No. 1 (1979), p. 100. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=rtp-003%3A1979%3A29%3A%3A3#79 show less
Oct 16, 2019 (Edited)French
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- 1948
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At the time of his sudden death, in the spring of 1943, Dr . Zimmer
was still working on the material for the present volume.
STORY-TELLING has been, through the ages, both a serious business and a lighthearted diversion. Year in, year out, tales are conceived, committed to writing, devoured, forgotten. What becomes of them? A few survive, and these... (show all), like a scattering of
seeds, are blown across the generations, propagating new tales
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