Joseph Campbell Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: March 26, 1904 - October 30, 1987
Birthday: March 26
Death: October 30
The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian savior Mithra, who, as an incarnation of eternal light, was born the night of the winter solstice (then dated December 25) at midnight, the instant of the turn of the year from increasing darkness to light.
source: Joseph Campbell, M. J. Abadie (1981). “The Mythic Image”, p.33, Princeton University Press
topic: Winter, Night, Years, Solstice, Winter Solstice, Eternal Light, Nativity
