Wednesday, January 31, 2007

stumbleupon find of the day

nothing that joseph campbell or claude levi-strauss couldn't have told you years ago, but here's an interesting example of monomyth between luke skywalker and harry potter...

http://i.thefairest.info/funniest_thumbs/QaDdYu.jpeg

i once answered an exam question essentially doing this same thing, but using luke skywalker and dorothy from the wizard of oz. think about it.

for many many more examples, check out joseph campbell's 'the hero with a thousand faces'

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