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- Subject: resurrected heroes
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:33:34 GMT
- Organization: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT USA
- Summary: myth of the eternal champion
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- Greetings. I am a medievalist with a specialty in Arthurian literature and
- I was wondering if anyone out there knew of any other legends/myths that
- concern the "return of the hero." The only ones that I am familiar with are
- the Arthurian legends and the legends of Finn and the Fianna, in Ireland,
- and I wondered how many other mythologies around the world have a similar
- theme. That is, the idea of a great king, and his companions, "sleeping,"
- and, once woken, returning to the present time to rule again, or set things
- right. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone with such information would
- contact me at: kmackey@eagle.wesleyan.edu . Thanks very much, Kris Mackey.
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