American Hero-Myths
Daniel G. Brinton
Daniel Brintons 1882 comparative study of the hero-myth tradition across Native American religions, examining Quetzalcoatl, Itzamna, Wiochon, and Manabozho as expressions of a shared symbolic structure.
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