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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 commentsWhat 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 commentThe 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 commentsThe 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 commentsCIRCUMCISION 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 commentsThe 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 commentsStories 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 commentsWeek 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 commentMyths 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 commentsKundalini 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...
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