The Hero and the Beast [or Man as Self-Slayer]

Exploring the sacrificial animal as the hero's own animal-self, focusing on the Greco-Roman "oxen of the sun." [My interpretation of these myths.]

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00:00 Introduction
00:53 Minos
04:37 Zeus
04:56 Bull Symbolism
06:42 Holy Mountain
07:50 Odysseus
11:05 Hermes
13:09 Jason the Argonaut
17:27 Aeneas
19:34 Heracles
20:49 Phases of the Journey
23:12 Bilbo (The Hobbit)
25:09 Beast vs. Dragon
26:07 Ranking Heroes
26:30 Cosmic Sacrifice
29:03 Outro