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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero

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Also known as: “Der Mythus von der Geburt des Helden”

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In Otto Rank
…der Geburt des Helden (1909; The Myth of the Birth of the Hero) and Das Inzest-Motiv in Dichtung und Sage (1912; “The Incest Motif in Poetry and Saga”), in which he attempted to show how the Oedipus complex supplies abundant themes for poetry and myth.
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