CONTENTS. 
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Introduction 1 
Ehrenreich’s mythological theory and the assumption 
of an historically primary version 3 
Myth analysis 6 
The plot ? 
Plot elaboration 9 
Dramatis personae 26 
The episodes ■ 28 
The motifs 30 
The myth-complex as a unit 30 
The myth as transmitted 35 
The novelette as transmitted. 41 
The novelette as remodelled by the author-raconteur 42 
Psychological-literary elements in the plot 44 
Diffusion of myths from the above point of view 47 
The literary interpretation and the position of Ehrenreich . . 50 
