The Hero

A Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama

By: Bliss Perry, Fitzroy Richard Somerset Raglan

Paperback | 17 February 2011

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Heroic figures, all with the human desire for idealization in common, are the focus of this study - from Oedipus and King Arthur to heroes of the Trojan War and Robin Hood. 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 idealisation. 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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Tradition
The Basis of History	p. 3
The Traditional Pedigree	p. 17
Local Tradition	p. 30
Robin Hood	p. 45
The Norse Sagas	p. 54
King Arthur	p. 70
Hengist and Horsa	p. 79
Cuchulainn	p. 89
The Tale of Troy	p. 98
Traditions of Other Lands	p. 109
Myth
The Genesis of Myth	p. 117
The Folk-tale	p. 129
Myth and Ritual	p. 141
Myth and Ritual	p. 149
Myth and Ritual--The Tale of Troy	p. 159
The Hero	p. 173
The Hero	p. 186
The Hero	p. 196
Myth and the Historic Hero	p. 205
Drama
The Basis of Drama	p. 221
The Language of the Drama	p. 229
Age and Time	p. 243
Dress and Setting	p. 251
Shape-shifting and Talking Animals	p. 258
The Royal Hero	p. 265
The Spielman	p. 273
The Ritual Drama	p. 278
Bibliography	p. 293
Index	p. 297
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