Reading Max Müller in the Antipodes: Comparative Mythology as "Traveling Theory" in Late Nineteenth-Century New Zealand/Aotearoa.

In late nineteenth-century Britain, Friedrich Max Müller's (1823–1900) views on primeval Indo-European religious thought were clearly outmoded and long surpassed by the then fashionable—but perceived to be highly problematic in a later period (and today)—focus of evolutionary anthropologists on so-c...

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Published in:	Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 62; no. 1/2; pp. 85 - 113
Main Author:	Rosa, Frederico Delgado
Format:	Article
Published:	Indiana University Press Jan-Aug2025
Subjects:	Mythology Ethnology Nineteenth century Folklore Cross-cultural studies Ethnology research New Zealanders New Zealand
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost