Essay Archive - Mythic Heros: Sinbad the Sailor
Mythic Heros: Sinbad the Sailor
When I think about mythic heroes, for many years the first name that
came to mind was Sinbad: Sinbad the sailor. In his days as an adventurer, he
went on seven fantastic voyages which earned him fame for the rest of his life.
Yet, now in retrospect, I no longer consider him to be the great adventurer that
I saw him as in my childhood.
On his seven voyages, Sinbad encountered every obstacle one could
possibly think of. He and his crew met up with: a fish so large, many mistook
it for an island, an island where rocs (enormous birds (their eggs were often
mistaken for bui....
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