THEO 1000 Lecture 1: The Hero With a Thousand Faces
9 Oct 2018
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Tribal or local heroes, such as emperor huang ti, moses, or the aztec tezcatlipoca, commit their boons to a single folk; universal heroes mohammed, jesus, gautama. Buddha bring a message for the entire world. (38: local heroes commit their boons to a single group. The in uence of these philosophies only relate to a single group. Short-term in uence: universal heroes to the whole world. In uence is still important in terms of political decisions, strife between di erent groups, cultural and social morals of what these people said. Explaining the explainable: modern day example: Local heroes: warren bu et, people invest everyday based on what he says. Universal heroes: jesus, still relevance in some of his teachings that are being.
