Chantepie de la Saussaye,the founder of the phenomenology of religion,made a detailed analysis of mythological phenomena from the perspective of science of religion,representing an important orientation of comparative mythology.He gave a non-historical or systematic,non-theological and anti-reductionist explanation of myth,and made a critical reflection of the main mythological theories of the time.He opposed all kinds of allegorical interpretation in mythology,including practical interpretation(Euhemerism),spiritual interpretation and natural interpretation,and emphasized its own characterist...