1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 10… (1911)
“ Griechenland. Im Neuen das Alte (1837) , which contains his theory of the origin and explanation of the Greek myths, which he never abandoned, in spite of the attacks to which it was subjected. According to him, the myths arose from definite local (especially atmospheric and aquatic) phenomena, and represented the annually recurring processes of nature as the acts of gods and heroes ”
