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Dragons in Mythology: Power, Chaos, Wisdom, and Kingship
Dragons matter because few mythic beings are as widely distributed and as variable in meaning. In one tradition the dragon is a monster to be slain so that order can stand.
Mythic Creatures and Monsters: Beasts, Hybrids, Cosmic Enemies, and Sacred Fear
Mythic creatures and monsters occupy a special place in mythology because they concentrate fear, danger, boundary confusion, and cosmic opposition into forms that can be narrated, pictured, and remembered.
Mythic Monsters: Why Cultures Create Beasts and Enemies
Mythic monsters matter because they show what a culture fears, but they also show what a culture needs in order to imagine itself as ordered.
The Trickster in Mythology: Boundary Breaking, Disorder, and Insight
The trickster matters because he or she appears wherever a culture needs to think about the instability of its own rules. Tricksters lie, steal, imitate, mock, seduce, disguise, and improvise.
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