Main description:

Volume 13 includes chapters on the contributions of Weston LaBarre (B. Kilbourne); Geza Roheim's theory of myth (S. Morales); the origins of Christianity (W. Meissner); myths in Inuit religion (D. Merkur); the psychology of a Sherpa shaman (R. Paul); the psychoanalytic study of urban legends (M. Carroll); and the dogma of technology (H. Stein & R. Hill).

Contents:

1. Weston LaBarre: Pioneer, Gadfly, and Scholar, Kilborne 2. Geza Roheim's Theory of Dream Origin in Myth, Morales 3. The Origins of Christianity, Meissner 4. Adaptive Symbolism and the Theory of Myth: The Symbolic Understanding of Myths in the Inuit Religion, Merkur 5. Fire and Ice: The Psychology of a Sherpa Shaman, Paul 6. The Sick Old Lady is a Man: A Contribution to the Psychoanalytic Study of Urban Legends, Carroll 7. The Dogma of Technology, Stein, Hill