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- From: karl_best@novell.com (Karl Best)
- Subject: Re: resurrected heroes
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:26:38 GMT
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- In article <guest1.1.728084014@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu> writes:
- > 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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- How 'bout the Sleepers? That's Arthurian. There's also the Seven Sleepers in
- Jewish fable, I believe.
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