Fish and Caves

James Wynn · 22 Dec 2010, 15:59 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:59:43 -0600
Subject: (urth) Fish and Caves
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>>
>> James Wynn-
>> In mythology, the Hero Against the Serpent is a common icon.
>> Sigurd and Fafnir
>> St. George/St. Michael and the dragons
>> Apollo and Hera's delphic dragon
>> Indra and Vrtra
>>

> David Stockhoff-
> Grendel?

Joseph Campbell would probably categorize these as the same.
But I see Grendel as more comparable to Theseus/Minotaur and 
Gilgamesh/Enkidu and Hercules wrestling with Death and with Antaeus.

The dragons and serpents I see as a different kettle of fish.

u+16b9

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