Language and Myth

Some books or essays examining the origins and functions of language and its connection with myth (For now this list contains only works which are in a way related to Tolkien's works).

• F.M. Müller: Comparative Mythology (1856), Lectures on the Science of Language 2 Vols (1861-4), Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion (1878)
• E. Cassirer: Philosphie der symbolischen Formen' 3 Vols + Index (1921-31), Essay on Man (1944), Language and Myth Translated by S.K. Langer (1946)
• C.K. Ogden, I.A. Richards: The Meaning of Meaning (1923)
• C.K. Ogden: Basic English (1930)
• O. Barfield: Poetic Diction (1928), History in English Words (1953). See also: "The Meaning of Meaning and Poetic Diction"