Adolf Ellegard Jensen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German ethnologist
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Place of Birth: Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
About Adolf Ellegard Jensen
- Adolf Ellegard Jensen (1 January 1899 – 20 May 1965) was one of the most important German ethnologists of the first half of the 20th century. Jensen's main research interests were myth, ritual and cult.
- He furthered the theory of Cultural Morphology founded by Leo Frobenius.
- Jensen is mostly known for his research on religious sacrifice that led him to the introduction of the concept of Dema Deity.
- His best-known work is 'Myth and Cult Among Primitive Peoples', published in 1951.
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