The recent advances in myth and legend investigation owe much to the work of Dr. Rank. In his collected essays on this subject (7), a definite point of view can be traced gaining clearness and prominence as the enquiry deepens and the more important questions emerge. Proof has already been forthcoming of the value of the comparison of literary creations, myth forms and the phenomena of folk-psychology, instituted in the earlier contributions, notably in the Doppelgänger: it was this very comparison that made possible a disengaging of a motif from personal and individual aspects and by means of juxtaposition and through a study of likenesses and