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Fairy Tales | The Best Stories for Children86

Fairy Tales | The Best Stories for Children

Classic fairy tales offer many benefits for children. These stories created by the hands of time strengthen a child's imagination, vocabulary and human understanding.

14 comments    children child stories
What is the Plot: A Writer's Twelve Successful Steps to a Plotting Great Story85

What is the Plot: A Writer's Twelve Successful Steps to a Plotting Great Story

Have you ever wondered how to write a movie or a book, but rejected the notion due to a lack of understanding on how a story plot functions? In this Hub, using snippets from the template Joseph Campbell created in A Hero With A Thousand Faces, I shall breakdown the twelve steps to a great story plot, and show how to write and plan each step.

1 comment    writing writer hero
The Role of Women in the Epic of Gilgamesh79

The Role of Women in the Epic of Gilgamesh

In the ancient tale of Gilgamesh women represent not only great wisdom and power but also temptation and ruin.

6 comments    hero goddess feminism
The Dude Abides76

The Dude Abides

An anlaysis of the Big Lewbowski, the cult film from the Cohen Brothers, using the Hero theories of Joseph Campbell. Includes a brief description of Campbell and his work and some trailers of the film and a video interview of Campbell.

10 comments    film adventure hero
CIRCUMCISION is CHILD ABUSE72

CIRCUMCISION is CHILD ABUSE

CIRCUMCISION is CHILD ABUSE Copyright 7/09/2011 If you're offended by the title, too bad. Know that although I was raised 100% Roman Catholic, in a thoroughbred Italian family, there were members of alternative faiths that married into the blood...

7 comments    child abuse jewish circumcision
The Hero of Dune76

The Hero of Dune

The protagonist of Frank Herbert’s Dune and the choices made by Paul Muad’Dib Atreides are best understood in the context of Joseph Campbell’s heroic monomyth. In this light he is both heroic and humanized.

4 comments    religious space travel campbell
Stories and legends of death and dying: Owls as messengers71

Stories and legends of death and dying: Owls as messengers

Owls and mythology: owls have long form part of traditions involving death, health, wisdom, witchcraft, power, darkness, and more. Here is a story of owls as messengers of death and rites of passage.

3 comments    death wisdom stories
Week 1 - Plot: The Hero's Journey72

Week 1 - Plot: The Hero's Journey

So today I'm going to organize my thoughts by focusing on the basics. After doing some research online last night I made some interesting discoveries. Now, so far I'm up to the 16th chapter of my book, and up until about chapter 13 I knew what...

1 comment    writing literature books
Myths to Live By - Icarus 74

Myths to Live By - Icarus

2457 words Myths To Live By: Icarus - the pitfalls of euphoria and lack of self-control (the middle path is best) a contemporary example as shown in the classic film masterpiece: Dead Poets Society '89; 129...

2 comments    education poetry how
Kundalini He and She- Spiritual Erotica77

Kundalini He and She- Spiritual Erotica

Kundalini is an ancient Sanskrit word derived from the root word kundala meaning coiled or spiraling with "ini" added indicating it is feminine. Referring to a female energy that remains coiled like a snake at...

0 comments    writing energy spiritual
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