Titles, Prince Ombra (was: Re: Title of 5, Hagrid's House, another question)

[Cassandra Claire]

No: HPFGUIDX 4342

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Peg Kerr <pkerr06 at a...> wrote:

> 
> P.S. Anyone on this list ever read _Prince Ombra_?  Campbell's hero 
of a
> thousand faces, the mythical hero who is endlessly reborn to 
struggle
> against Prince Ombra, the force of darkness is reborn again in 
today's
> world.  The catch is that this time he doesn't get to face his 
nemesis
> before he's fully grown up--he has to face him as a young boy.  His 
mother
> died at birth, and he has a best friend who is a girl, and a mentor 
like
> Dumbledore, a psychiatrist.  The author is Roderick MacLeish.


*stands on head* Okay, I know this is off-topic, but that's one of my 
favorite books! It sits next to Harry on my bookshelf. Both are 
classic hero tales, aren't they? And have their simlarities. The hero 
is a child, has no (or distant) parents; is scarred (Bentley has a 
twisted leg, doesn't he?), knows it's his destiny to face the 
ultimate evil and save the world, has a mentor and a female best 
friend..*grins* Such a great book. Great for HP withdrawal too.