Sentences with phrase «myth about a hero»

Within the first week of my freshman year of college, my Introduction to World Literature class included a reading of Gilgamesh, an ancient Mesopotamian myth about a hero who is described as 1/3 man and 2/3 god.

Most of our scariest stories talk of a lone traveler in the wilderness, and the scariest monster tales often come from Myths about heroes wandering the wilderness.

Not exact matches

Several theories about the film's origins of myth are thrown out: it follows Joseph Campbell's hero cycle (not really) and it follows Dante's Inferno (sort of, in that they start out at a party and move up to the bowels of Hell — alas, the argument that they are almost separated into those who deserve to die and those who do not doesn't support the data) before professor of religion (at Pepperdine University, a fact unmentioned in this featurette) Christopher Heard throws out that it's an adaptation of the Christ myth.

The series was always about the myth of the lone hero, striding into whatever situation and facilitating a return to a prelapsarian (pre-poc-y-clypse?)

Marvel superhero Black Panther, who won raves playing real - life heroes James Brown and Jackie Robinson, is back in biopic mode with this origin myth about the charming and powerful young future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

For instance: enjoying a great work of children's literature; learning about the country's founding and other key parts of American history; exploring the Greek myths; studying folk heroes; putting on a play; performing a concert; and figuring out how to get along with others.