Theorizing About Myth
| Author | Robert A. Segal |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Mythology |
| Publisher | University of Massachusetts Press |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 216 |
| ISBN | 978-1-55849-191-5 |
| 291.1/3/01 | |
| LC Class | BL311.S43 1999 |
Theorizing About Myth is a 1999 book by the University of Aberdeen religious studies scholar Robert A. Segal that offers an alternative interpretation of the Adonis myth. In chapter seven, "Adonis: A Greek Eternal Child", he puts forth his theory of Adonis, not as a vegetation god but as an archetype of the eternal child, the Jungian puer.