The Hero: A Study in Tradition, Myth and DramaCourier Corporation, 2013 M05 27 - 336 páginas His mother is a virgin and he's reputed to be the son of a god; he loses favor and is driven from his kingdom to a sorrowful death — sound familiar? In The Hero, Lord Raglan contends that the heroic figures from myth and legend are invested with a common pattern that satisfies the human desire for idealization. Raglan outlines 22 characteristic themes or motifs from the heroic tales and illustrates his theory with events from the lives of characters from Oedipus (21 out of a possible 22 points) to Robin Hood (a modest 13). A fascinating study that relates details from world literature with a lively wit and style, it was acclaimed by literary critic Stanley Edgar Hyman as "a bold, speculative, and brilliantly convincing demonstration that myths are never historical but are fictional narratives derived from ritual dramas." This new edition of The Hero (which originally appeared some 13 years before Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces) is assured of a lasting popularity. This book will appeal to scholars of folklore and mythology, history, literature, and general readers as well. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 22
Página
... Irish mythology may come as a shock to some readers, but hardly to those who know how many alleged vestiges of the Norsemen in America have been shown to be spurious. On the other hand, the possibility of Asiatic influences on the old ...
... Irish mythology may come as a shock to some readers, but hardly to those who know how many alleged vestiges of the Norsemen in America have been shown to be spurious. On the other hand, the possibility of Asiatic influences on the old ...
Página
... Irish blacksmith who said that his smithy was much older than the local dolmen; it was there in his grandfather's time, and he died a very old man—or of the English rustic who said that the parish church (thirteenth century) was very ...
... Irish blacksmith who said that his smithy was much older than the local dolmen; it was there in his grandfather's time, and he died a very old man—or of the English rustic who said that the parish church (thirteenth century) was very ...
Página
... Irish, and Welsh, the Saxons never used place-names as personal names. It is clear, then, that when a Saxon ancestor is alleged to have been called Bertram Ashburnham or William Pewse, he must be a fake, since no Saxon was ever called ...
... Irish, and Welsh, the Saxons never used place-names as personal names. It is clear, then, that when a Saxon ancestor is alleged to have been called Bertram Ashburnham or William Pewse, he must be a fake, since no Saxon was ever called ...
Página
... Irish peasants that the they southern really India date6 raths from or a hill much forts earlier are the period. work 5 of The the Danes, inhabitants though of refer everything prehistoric to Tippoo Sultan, who was killed in 1799, and ...
... Irish peasants that the they southern really India date6 raths from or a hill much forts earlier are the period. work 5 of The the Danes, inhabitants though of refer everything prehistoric to Tippoo Sultan, who was killed in 1799, and ...
Página
... Irish peasants in the neighbourhood of Ardee, County Louth, where Garry is believed still to however, lie asleep30 that in in the his story enchanted of how fortress. Arthur lies Sir asleep John at later Caerleon admits, and elsewhere ...
... Irish peasants in the neighbourhood of Ardee, County Louth, where Garry is believed still to however, lie asleep30 that in in the his story enchanted of how fortress. Arthur lies Sir asleep John at later Caerleon admits, and elsewhere ...
Contenido
Hengist and Horsa | |
Cuchulainn | |
The Tale of Troy | |
Traditions of Other Lands | |
MYTH XI The Genesis of Myth | |
Myth and the Historic Hero | |
DRAMA XX The Basis of Drama | |
The Language of the Drama | |
Age and Time | |
Dress and Setting | |
Shapeshifting and Talking Animals | |
The Royal Hero | |
The Spielman XXVII The Ritual Drama | |
The Folktale | |
Myth and Ritual XIV Myth and Ritual continued | |
Myth and RitualThe Tale of Troy | |
The Hero XVII The Hero continued XVIII The Hero continued | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
Términos y frases comunes
alleged ancestor ancient animals Arthur ballads battle believe Celtic century ceremony Chambers CHAPTER characters Chronicle connected Conquest Cuchulainn death derived E. K. Chambers England epic euhemerists evidence fairy-tales Falstaff father festival fiction fight folk-tale Folklore gods Greece Greek H. M. Chadwick Heracles hero of tradition hero’s historical facts Homer Ibid idea Iliad illiterate imagination incidents Irish J. G. Frazer killed king’s kingship Koht L. R. Farnell later legend lived magic marries Medb merely miracles Myth and Ritual mythical mythology Nennius never Norman Odysseus origin pedigrees performed person play poems princes probably Professor Queen reaching manhood records regarded reign religion religious represented rites ritual drama Robin Hood Roman royal sacred savage Saxons says scholars seems single combat story suggest supernatural supposed Tale of Troy tells theory throne told traditional narrative victory Volsunga Saga writers Zeus