The King and the Corpse

Download or read book The King and the Corpse written by Heinrich Robert Zimmer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1948 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 the retelling of these tales, Zimmer discloses the meanings within their seemingly unrelated symbols and suggests the philosophical wholeness of this assortment of myth."--Amazon.com.