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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... poem or story which deals with reminiscences of tribal conflicts necessarily presupposes an absorbing interest in tribal history.” He goes on to suggest that this interest could be due only to patriotism, but fails to realize that ...
... poem or story which deals with reminiscences of tribal conflicts necessarily presupposes an absorbing interest in tribal history.” He goes on to suggest that this interest could be due only to patriotism, but fails to realize that ...
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... poems, the Mery Geste, of Wynkyn de Worde, printed about 1500, associates Robin Hood not with King Richard, but with a King Edward, and another Catherine; early3 ballad associates him with King Henry and I shall come back to these facts ...
... poems, the Mery Geste, of Wynkyn de Worde, printed about 1500, associates Robin Hood not with King Richard, but with a King Edward, and another Catherine; early3 ballad associates him with King Henry and I shall come back to these facts ...
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... poems, rhymes, songs and 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 ...
... poems, rhymes, songs and 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 ...
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... those of many other heroes of tradition, especially William Tell, who is admittedly mythical. commented on the readiness with which the poems attributed to. We may conclude with a quotation from Dr. Johnson, who, having.
... those of many other heroes of tradition, especially William Tell, who is admittedly mythical. commented on the readiness with which the poems attributed to. We may conclude with a quotation from Dr. Johnson, who, having.
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... poems attributed to Ossian were accepted in Scotland as genuine, admitted that the same kind of ready belief might be found in his own country. “He would undertake,” he said, “to write an epic poem on the story of Robin Hood, and half ...
... poems attributed to Ossian were accepted in Scotland as genuine, admitted that the same kind of ready belief might be found in his own country. “He would undertake,” he said, “to write an epic poem on the story of Robin Hood, and half ...
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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