But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches.
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This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths.
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Birth: | 8th November, 1846 |
Death: | 31st March, 1894 |
Nationality: | Scottish |
Profession: | Editor, Scholar, Theologian |
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