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Name
  
Gertrude Levy

Role
  
Author

Died
  
1966, Golders Green, London, United Kingdom

Books
  
The Gate of Horn: A Study of the Religious Conceptions of the Stone Age, and Their Influence Upon European Thought

Gertrude Rachel Levy (1884-1966) was an author writing on comparative mythology, matriarchy, epic poetry and archaeology. Her division of epic poems into three types (creation, battle and quest) is often cited. Eleazar M. Meletinsky (The Poetics of Myth, English translation p. 74) writes ... the monumental epics of agrarian civilizations undoubtedly use models linked to seasonal rites [...] On this point, Levy's work is interesting, despite its exaggerations, and goes beyond Murray's pioneering efforts.

Works

  • The Gate of Horn: A Study of the Religious Concepts of the Stone Age, and Their Influence upon European Thought (1948)
  • The Sword from the Rock: An Investigation into the Origins of Epic Literature and the Development of the Hero (1953)
  • The Violet Crown: An Athenian Autobiography (1954)
  • Plato in Sicily (1956)
  • The Phoenix' nest: A Study in Religious Transformations (1961)

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