... shaping their social interactions; you can't deny that the things they hear and read influence their views, visions of the future and reality. Young boys often play at slaying the dragon and being the hero, young girls often dream of the handsome prince who will rescue them and whisk them away. Fairytales have been passed down through the ages, originating from ... ...
... and development to the ordinary people. These heroes speak to the future generations showing them the hero as "the champion not of things to become but of things becoming; the dragon to be slain by him is precisely the monster of the status quo: Holdfast, the keeper of the past" (Campbell 1973:337). The hero is to be the agent of ... ...
... cunning as well as his strength."" (Erdoes, p.179) Europeans have similar heroes. For instance, in the epic tale Excalibur, King Arthur has Merlin the magician grant him special powers. Likewise, dragon slayers always have supernatural weapons and mystical creatures that help them. Another popular European folk hero is Robin Hood the English outlaw who uses his strength and cunning to rob ... ...
