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For Mannhardt's method is the reverse of that practised under the old colours to which he is said to have returned. Mannhardt's Method 'My method is here the same as in the Tree-cult. I start from a given collection of facts, of which the central idea is distinct and generally admitted, and consequently offers a firm basis for explanation. I illustrate from this and from well-founded analogies.
Nevertheless, while Mannhardt, in his works on Tree-cult, and on Field and Wood Cult, and on the 'Corn Demon, has wandered far from 'his old colours' while in his posthumous essays he is even more of a deserter, his essay on Lettish Sun-myths shows an undeniable tendency to return to Mr. Max Muller's camp. This was what made his friends so anxious.
Of these nature myths some have reference to the life and the circumstances of the sun, and our first steps towards an understanding of them are helped on by such nature poetry as the Lettish, which has not yet been obscured by artistic and poetical reflexion. My method here is just the same as that applied by me to the Tree-cult. Mr. How Mannhardt differs from Mr. Max Muller
I propose to show wherein the difference lies. Mannhardt says, 'My method is just the same as that applied by me to the Tree-cult. What was that method? Mannhardt, in the letter quoted by Mr. Max Muller, goes on to describe it; but Mr. Max Muller omits the description, probably not realising its importance.
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