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- From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
- Subject: Re: resurrected heroes
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:21:43 GMT
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- In article <guest1.1.728084014@cardinal.sc107.wesleyan.edu> guest1@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.
-
- I apologize for the attempt at humor which follows:
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- Didn't Shirley MacLaine do this?---In fact, she may have been King Arthur
- in a previous life. ;-)
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- Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)
- From the beautiful and historic New York State Mid-Hudson Valley.
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