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The Hero's Quest and the Cycles of Nature: An Ecological Interpretation of World Mythology

The Hero's Quest and the Cycles of Nature: An Ecological Interpretation of World Mythology

McCoppin, Rachel S.

Paperback

Literary CriticismMythology & FolkloreEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 1476662010
ISBN13: 9781476662015
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Oct 25 2016
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This examination of the heroic journey in world mythology casts the protagonist as a personification of nature--a botanical hero one might say--who begins the quest in a metaphorical seed-like state, then sprouts into a period of verdant strength. But the hero must face a mythic underworld where he or she contends with mortality and sacrifice--embracing death as a part of life. For centuries, humans have sought superiority over nature, yet the botanical hero finds nothing is lost by recognizing that one is merely a part of nature. Instead, a cyclical promise of continuous life is realized, in which no element fully disappears, and the hero's message is not to dwell on death.

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