The Psychological Meaning of the Myth of Yamato Takeru Part 2

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  • ヤマトタケル神話の心理学的意味 第２部

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This study deals with the myth of Yamato Takeru. Here in Part 2, Takeru’s symbolism of his adventure in the unknown east of Japan is closely examined. The work also discusses the symbolic and psychological meaning of the myth of Takeru as follows. (1) Takeru undertakes his adventure to restore and reenergize his father's weakened vitality. (2) Protective items save him with the help of the self-regulating system of the instinctive impulses. (3) The experience of love as a whole and its overall development sanctifies this living world. (4) The hero obtains the “wisdom of nature” and the “knowledge of the unconscious.” (5) The hero recognizes the source of life, immortality, and the transformation of libido through expression of the “flow of time.”

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