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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... ballad.” Sir E. K. Chambers tells us that in the Mylor (Cornwall) folk-play Porto Bello the by battles Vernon of in Agincourt 1739, have and all been Quebec, mixed and up the together. capture5 “There is another characteristic of the ...
... ballad.” Sir E. K. Chambers tells us that in the Mylor (Cornwall) folk-play Porto Bello the by battles Vernon of in Agincourt 1739, have and all been Quebec, mixed and up the together. capture5 “There is another characteristic of the ...
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... ballads recited by members of what is at any rate a semi-literate community. The ideas of St. George and of Agincourt, if not derived originally from books, have certainly been reinforced by book-learning. In a semi-literate community ...
... ballads recited by members of what is at any rate a semi-literate community. The ideas of St. George and of Agincourt, if not derived originally from books, have certainly been reinforced by book-learning. In a semi-literate community ...
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... ballad associates him with King Henry and I shall come back to these facts later. The attribution Queen to Robin of a date later than the reign of Richard I, though it has often been made, and though it makes the friar and the long-bow ...
... ballad associates him with King Henry and I shall come back to these facts later. The attribution Queen to Robin of a date later than the reign of Richard I, though it has often been made, and though it makes the friar and the long-bow ...
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... ballads; he has given rise to divers proverbs, and to swear by him, or by some of his companions, seems to have been a usual practice; he may be regarded as the patron of archery; and though not actually canonized (a situation to which ...
... ballads; he has given rise to divers proverbs, and to swear by him, or by some of his companions, seems to have been a usual practice; he may be regarded as the patron of archery; and though not actually canonized (a situation to which ...
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... ballads. As Siegfried he is the hero of the Lay of the Nibelungs, which was composed in Germany about the same time. The two are versions of the same story, of which the main features are as follows: Sigmund (Siegmund) obtains from Odin ...
... ballads. As Siegfried he is the hero of the Lay of the Nibelungs, which was composed in Germany about the same time. The two are versions of the same story, of which the main features are as follows: Sigmund (Siegmund) obtains from Odin ...
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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