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This essay is an exercise in applied [[psychoanalysis]]: reference can be made to introduction to the "Essays in Applied Psychoanalysis" written by Sigmund [[Freud ]] in the first edition of [[Delusions ]] and [[Dreams ]] in Jensen's "Gradiva" (1907a [1906]), as well as to Freud's essay "Creative Writers and Day-dreaming" (1908e [1907]). [[Abraham]]'s essay can be compared to Franz Riklin's "Réalisation de [[désir ]] et de symbolisme dans le conte" ([[Desire ]] and [[symbolism ]] in tales; 1908).

Abraham compared collective [[myths ]] with dreams and located the following similarities: both make use of [[symbolic ]] imagery; both are the products of [[human ]] [[fantasy ]] aimed at the fulfillment of wishes; both are [[subject ]] to [[censorship ]] and the same [[defense ]] mechanisms: "Myths are what survives of the [[psychic ]] [[life ]] of peoples; dreams are [[individual ]] myths," he wrote. This same theme was subsequently discussed by Otto Rank, Theodor Reik, and Géza Róheim before interest in it faded.

See also: Abraham, Karl; [[Applied psychoanalysis and the interaction of psychoanalysis]]; [[Dream]]; [[Myth]]; Mythology and psychoanalysis; [[Primitive]].