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  The following classic books on myth may be read online:  

 

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 Andrew von Hendy The Modern Construction of Myth
 
 
      
 
 Robert A Segal Myth: A Very Short Introduction  
       

 

 Mircea Eliade Cosmos and History: The Myth of the Eternal Return  
       
  Alfred Rosenberg The Myth of the 20th. Century (N:B: This was a key National Socialist text)  
       
  David Friedrich Strauss The Life of Jesus Critically Examined, Volume One  
    The Life of Jesus Critically Examined, Volume Two  
       
       
       
           
       
           
           
           
       
           
       
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
         
           

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