ABSTRACT
The Passion-like quality of the suffering hero is even more evident in cult myths of dying and resurrected gods such as Osiris and Adonis, who are innocent but necessary victims. The culmination of the genre is obviously Christ, the Savior who obeys His father and voluntarily suffers torments and death. All these mythical protagonists-culture heroes and suffering gods, saviors, and the prophets of various religions like Christ and Buddha-are paradigmatic figures for later generations. Their greatness and importance have little to do with individual psychology but derive from universal human values. This is a point worth keeping in mind when examining the neo-mythological world view, which is geared to the psychology of the individual personality.
