▁of ▁myth . ▁Since ▁the ▁Rom antics , ▁all ▁study ▁of ▁myth ▁has ▁been ▁compar ative . ▁Wilhelm ▁Mann hardt , ▁James ▁Fra zer , ▁and ▁St ith ▁Thompson ▁employed ▁the ▁compar ative ▁approach ▁to ▁collect ▁and ▁class ify ▁the ▁them es ▁of ▁fol kl ore ▁and ▁myth ology . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁Edward ▁Burn ett ▁T yl or ▁published ▁his ▁Prim itive ▁Culture , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁applied ▁the ▁compar ative ▁method ▁and ▁tried ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁origin ▁and ▁evolution ▁of ▁religion . ▁T yl or ' s ▁procedure ▁of ▁drawing ▁together ▁material ▁culture , ▁rit ual ▁and ▁myth ▁of ▁widely ▁separated ▁cult ures ▁influenced ▁both ▁Carl ▁Jung ▁and ▁Joseph ▁Campbell . ▁Max ▁Müller ▁applied ▁the ▁new ▁science ▁of ▁compar ative ▁myth ology ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁myth , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁detected ▁the ▁dist orted ▁remains ▁of ▁A ry an ▁nature ▁worship . ▁Bron is ław ▁Mal in owski ▁emphas ized ▁the ▁ways ▁myth ▁ful fill s ▁common ▁social ▁functions . ▁Claude ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁and ▁other ▁struct ural ists ▁have ▁compared ▁the ▁formal ▁relations ▁and ▁patterns ▁in ▁myth s ▁throughout ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Sig mund ▁Fre ud ▁introduced ▁a ▁trans histor ical ▁and ▁bi ological ▁conception ▁of ▁man ▁and ▁a ▁view ▁of ▁myth ▁as ▁an ▁expression ▁of ▁repr essed ▁ideas . ▁Dream ▁interpretation ▁is ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁Fre ud ian ▁myth ▁interpretation ▁and ▁Fre ud ' s ▁concept ▁of ▁dream work ▁recogn izes ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁context ual ▁relationships ▁for ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of