Notes from class:- Nimue/Vivienna
- Ceridwen
- Mnemosyne
^mneumonic
sword and stone:
- stone is feminine (goddess), part of the earth.
- lake is also feminine
- sword is male (god), falic symbol (for obvious reasons...)
- also, upwards triangle shape is another male symbol
King has conquered, public image; however he cannot conquer home, his wife might be sleeping with another man; end of Camelot.
Obvious signs of a threshold: sleep/death, guardians, transition from one world to another.
Tid bid on heroes: most heroes don't have children; if the do, they die. Sad... but look at Heracles - he killed both his children in a fit of insanity that was brought on by Hera.
Furthermore, look at any superhero movie...
Superman - no children. Except in Superman Returns. Apparently he has a child with Lois Lane, maybe...
Spiderman - perhaps he's just too young to be thinking about children right now... then again, I never saw his third film.
Ironman - he's way too irresponsible and narcissistic to have a kid.
But it doesn't have to be a story about a literal superhero. In any case where the protagonist has a kid (or kids), things become more complicated for the hero. Example: Weeds' Nancy Botwin has three children by the fourth (fifth?) season and her children have given her indescribable amounts of greif and worry. However, they've also been helpful and a shoulder for her to lean on. Don't be so quick to negate the little people in your family. ...I guess that's today's lesson.
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