I have been reading your comments over the past couple of days and they are really good. I am glad to see that we have made some connections between story and life. As a student of literature, i have always seen this connection in what i read. In myth however, the connections are much more pronounced.
I read Kevin's positng about his brother with sadness. My own step brother has been on three tours himself in Iraq. Luckily he has returned intact both mentally and physically from those dangers.
The foriegn wars we have conducted throughout our nations history are great examples of typical hero stories. The most pronounced threshold crossings appear in these stories of folks who travel by air or water to a foriegn land. They have clearly passed through to the zone of adventure and often are thrown directly into the Belly of the Whale. In the military this would be the first battle, where you are certain that there is no easy way out. Your home and safety are far away and return is uncertain.
Little Red Cap by the Grimm brothers and Jonah and the Whale are great examples of the transiion to the zone of transformative power. The reemergence from which marks a clear change in the protagonists consciousness.
In the piece from the Volsung Saga the Supernatural Aid appears clearly in the typical form of Odin, which was the model for Gandalf in Lord of the Rings who also serves the same purpose to the characters of those stories. From his interaction with Odin he recieves a fantastic steed which will help him on his journey.
For Monday we will examine the Road of Trials, and more specifically the Meeting with the Goddess and Woman as Temptress.
Trials: Slaying of Fafnir
Meeting with Goddess: Meeting with Brynhild
A folk interpretation of the Meeting: Sleeping Beauty
Woman as Temptress: The Temptations of Christ
I read Kevin's positng about his brother with sadness. My own step brother has been on three tours himself in Iraq. Luckily he has returned intact both mentally and physically from those dangers.
The foriegn wars we have conducted throughout our nations history are great examples of typical hero stories. The most pronounced threshold crossings appear in these stories of folks who travel by air or water to a foriegn land. They have clearly passed through to the zone of adventure and often are thrown directly into the Belly of the Whale. In the military this would be the first battle, where you are certain that there is no easy way out. Your home and safety are far away and return is uncertain.
Little Red Cap by the Grimm brothers and Jonah and the Whale are great examples of the transiion to the zone of transformative power. The reemergence from which marks a clear change in the protagonists consciousness.
In the piece from the Volsung Saga the Supernatural Aid appears clearly in the typical form of Odin, which was the model for Gandalf in Lord of the Rings who also serves the same purpose to the characters of those stories. From his interaction with Odin he recieves a fantastic steed which will help him on his journey.
For Monday we will examine the Road of Trials, and more specifically the Meeting with the Goddess and Woman as Temptress.
Trials: Slaying of Fafnir
Meeting with Goddess: Meeting with Brynhild
A folk interpretation of the Meeting: Sleeping Beauty
Woman as Temptress: The Temptations of Christ
