{"product_id":"the-myth-of-the-birth-of-the-hero","title":"Il mito della nascita dell’eroe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy do heroes from different nations and ages begin life in danger, far from the homes of their birth?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Myth of the Birth of the Hero, Otto Rank places the birth stories of Sargon of Agade, Moses, Oedipus, Paris, Perseus, Romulus, Cyrus and Siegfried side by side. Again and again, he finds a shared pattern: a child of high rank faces danger, leaves his first home and grows up among humble foster parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRank asks what this repeated story might reveal about the mind. Working with Sigmund Freud's idea of the family romance, he offers a psychological reading of noble parents, threatened children and rescue from water. This short study invites you to follow his comparisons while weighing Freudian claims .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLegends side by side\u003c\/strong\u003e – See how Rank draws a shared pattern from heroes whose stories cross nations and ages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHigh birth, early danger\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore why noble origins and a threatened childhood stand together in Rank's account.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA basket on water\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Rank's reading of the exposed child as an image of birth itself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe humble foster home\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider the place of low-ranking rescuers in stories that begin with noble parents.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe dreamer's own wish\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter the family romance at the heart of Rank's psychological interpretation of hero myths.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love myth, the history of psychology, or the roots of ideas about the hero's journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow Rank into the patterns behind these hero legends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534702248284,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/14166_en_ebook-front_c28.jpg?v=1792175108","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/il-mito-della-nascita-delleroe","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}