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The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil

The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil

Zimmer, Heinrich
Campbell, Joseph

Hardcover

Series: Bollingen Recollections

PhilosophyLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 0691279497
ISBN13: 9780691279497
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Jan 20 2026
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

A classic work of comparative mythology by acclaimed scholar Heinrich Zimmer

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 retelling these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings of their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of their myths.

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