The hero : manhood and power
Material type:
TextNew York Thames and Hudson c1995Description: 96 p.; ill.; bibliog. refsContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0500810478
- N7760 .L375 1995
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Part 1 - The hero. Origins of the hero. From hunter to warrior. For mortal to aid mortal. Tragedy and transfiguration. The ever-changing quest. Part 2 - Plates. Part 3 - Themes. Sunmen and phallic cults. Serpent power, dragon treasure. Initiation and ordeal. Herakles and the royal lion. The wild hunt. Hero and horse. Arms and the man. Minotauromachia. The hero in love. The hero facing death. Woman as hero. Ancestral and national heroes. War heroes through the ages. The hero facing adversity. Temptations of the hero. Part 4 - Further reading
'In this wide ranging and deeply meditated book, John Lash brings the values of epic and myth to bear upon the cult of the hero, which, rightly used, has led to the highest a culture can conceive. Misused, it has led to tyranny, violence, and death.'
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