CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Christopher Vogler, Katabasis, Tiryns
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When we think of heros we think of: doing big things, making sacrifices but in ancient greek world, things are different. Heroic myth is that humans are the protagonists. Narratives become events in humans not the divine past. In homer: hero is noble born male who is alive but later heros become someone in the past. Heroic age: heros become worshiped and almost in their own way, gods. Heros acquire cults, rituals associated and worshiped for them: huge political importance. Read more closely the myth of perseus: campbell says that stories are psychologically true and adhere to monomythological model. May not be factually true but this doesn"t matter because they are psychologically valid even when they present unreal, impossible, circumstances: question carl young asked: by what myth am i living? . Stages: meet hero in the ordinary world. Perseus hanging w. his ma and pa by the shore: hero presented with a problem/ something to do.
