The Myth's Beginning WAS Re: Cinderella and Joseph Campbell - Hero...1,000 Faces

[Diana]

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Very well written.  I agree.  It's also fun to debate the 
storyteller's imagined reasonings behind the beginning of the myth, 
which is why we have this list.  :)

Diana L.
The Plaid Toad

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> I have said many times before in this group and others
> that one of the reasons Harry Potter is so immensely
> popular is because Harry is a true modern-day Myth. His
> story is the universal story, a story that tells a 
> universal underlying truth that can not be denied. Harry
> story is the same story as King Arthur, or Merlin, or 
> Hercules, or Jason and the Argonauts, or a dozen other
> deep and timeless legends. The heart of every true myth
> is the universal and undeniable truth that it teaches;
> a very deep spiritual truth. 
> 
> So, regardless of how we feel about Dumbledore's choice,
> he made the right choice to start a mythical hero on his
> quest to fulfill his destiny.
> 
> Just passing it along.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn
>