Myth and Cult among Primitive Peoples

Abstract

After agreement with both author and publisher, 50 Associates were invited to participate in the review*. The first 20 who agreed to the terms were sent the author's, precis and copies of the book, Myth and Cult Among Primitive Peoples, by Adolf E. Jensen. Translated from German by Marianna Tax Choldin and Wolfgang Weissleder (The University of Chicago Press, 1963, 349 pp., bibliography, and index). 18 reviewers responded in time for their reviews to be sent to the author for his reply. Printed below are the precis, the reviews by Angelo Brelich, J. L. Fischer, Ake Hultkrantz, E. 0. James, M. D. W. Jeffreys, Heinz Kothe, Vittorio Lanternari, Paul Leser, Edwin M. Loeb, Ernesto de Martino, Kiichi Numazawa, Taryo Obayashi, Ivar Paulson, Lord Raglan, Egon Schaden, Carl A. Schmitz, Ruth M. Underhill, and Francis Lee Utley, and the author's reply.-Editor.