Abram Smythe Palmer

The Reverend Abram Smythe Palmer (1844 – 10 July 1917) was a doctor of divinity, lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, and enthusiastic lexicographer and mythographer.

Palmer re-issued Max Müller's Comparative Mythology (1856) in 1908, with an extensive introduction and annotations, stating that he noted "a reaction taking place in favour of the views advanced by Max Müller". Müller had introduced the "solar myth" school of thought which interpreted the world's mythology in terms of a supposed prehistoric solar myth. Palmer included in his edition the "Oxford Solar Myth", an 1870 parody by R, F. Littledale which "proved" that Max Müller was himself a solar divinity.

Palmer's publications include