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. |
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... 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 civilizations of Middle America is coming to be more generally realized, so that the idea ...
... 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 civilizations of Middle America is coming to be more generally realized, so that the idea ...
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... alleged to be about fifth in descent from culture-heroes, and many mythical events that are alleged to have occurred about one hundred and fifty years before they are narrated or first recorded. One hundred and fifty years ago, or even ...
... alleged to be about fifth in descent from culture-heroes, and many mythical events that are alleged to have occurred about one hundred and fifty years before they are narrated or first recorded. One hundred and fifty years ago, or even ...
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... alleged traditions cannot be disproved, and are therefore entitled to credence. That we are bound to believe what we cannot disprove is a misguided view, which, however, we need not discuss here, since our so-called traditional ...
... alleged traditions cannot be disproved, and are therefore entitled to credence. That we are bound to believe what we cannot disprove is a misguided view, which, however, we need not discuss here, since our so-called traditional ...
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... alleged ancestors occupied positions that would involve their mention in Domesday, which omits to mention them, or ... alleged to have been called Bertram Ashburnham or William Pewse, he must be a fake, since no Saxon was ever called ...
... alleged ancestors occupied positions that would involve their mention in Domesday, which omits to mention them, or ... alleged to have been called Bertram Ashburnham or William Pewse, he must be a fake, since no Saxon was ever called ...
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... alleged Norman ancestor of the Alingtons, and such names as Titus and Theophilus, which appear at the head of some “Norman” pedigrees, are equally absurd. Nor did the Normans have double Christian names, which are rare before the ...
... alleged Norman ancestor of the Alingtons, and such names as Titus and Theophilus, which appear at the head of some “Norman” pedigrees, are equally absurd. Nor did the Normans have double Christian names, which are rare before the ...
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TRADITION II The Traditional Pedigree I The Basis of History III Local Tradition | |
Robin Hood VI King Arthur | |
The Norse Sagas | |
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 | |
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