Update

Related Content

Related Overviews

archetype

Claude Lévi-Strauss (b. 1908) French social anthropologist

Carl Gustav Jung (1875—1961) Swiss psychologist

psychoanalysis

See all related overviews in Oxford Reference »

 

More Like This

Show all results sharing this subject:

  • Literature

GO

Show Summary Details

Overview

myth


Quick Reference

A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

Subjects: Literature


Reference entries

View all reference entries »