Psychology of the unconscious : a study of the transformations and symbolisms of the libido : a contribution to the history of the evolution of thought (1916)
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961, Hinkle, Beatrice M · New York : Moffat, Yard and Co. · leaf 358
pated in the Gilgamesh epic through the formal renuncia-tion of the horrible Ishtar by the hero. The overcomingof the mother in the Mithraic sacrifice, which had almostan ascetic character, took place no longer by the archaicoverpowering, but through the renunciation, the sacrificeof the wish. The… … BULL-SACRIFICE OF MITIIRA SYMBOLISM OF MOTHER AND OF REBIRTH 295 the sun is reached, not through the perpetration of incest,but through the sacrifice of the incest wish. This impor-tant change expressed in the Mithraic mystery finds itsfull expression for the first time in the symbol of…
