tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post4442453423353310513..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: Taboo, Or Not Taboo?Anne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-88326506226822484642014-09-16T08:48:33.828-04:002014-09-16T08:48:33.828-04:00Folkloricly speaking, these same tropes show up ov...Folkloricly speaking, these same tropes show up over and over, around the world and through history. All these men are considered heroes by their culture, all have fates to which their bound, all have moments of less than noble behavior... What I'm finding interesting here is this common idea of a particular behavior that, when observed, imparts power but when broken, often through some tragic inevitable event, leads to the hero's downfall.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-86512894583751705742014-09-12T15:42:54.844-04:002014-09-12T15:42:54.844-04:00Samson's mother dedicated Samson as a Nazirite...Samson's mother dedicated Samson as a Nazirite from birth, meaning he was specially dedicated to the Lord, and would deliver the Israelites from the Philistines. As part of the requirements of being a Nazirite he was not only to never shave or cut his hair, he was also to abstain from all alcoholic beverages. In other respects, however, such as his killing of the lion, his simple weapon of mass destruction (the jawbone of an ass), his betrayal by a woman, and his death by his own hand, he resembled Herakles and also perhaps Enkidu (with whom I am less familiar). Samson's story is exceedingly violent. Seeing it in the multi-cultural tradition of geasa adds an interesting twist.Paxnoreply@blogger.com