In the Myths Gilgamesh, Osiris, Isis and Horus, Sigurd the Volsung, King Arthur and The Quest for the Sun retold by Donna Rosenberg, all have similar situation archetypes present, they all have a similar situation recurring in each other but there are some variations to the situations due to the different cultures. In all these myths the protagonists struggle to avoid something.
In the Mesopotamian Myth, Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is struggling to avoid dying. In the beginning of this myth he leaves his city to learn how to avoid death, throughout this he gains wisdom by knowing what makes a person wise. He returns to his homeland and makes tablets on his travels, he puts them on the walls of his city, Uruk. He is not a full god though, he is …show more content…
She struggles to have kids because she’s married but in love with others’. She is in love with her brother, Geb, and Thoth, and she makes love to them. Ra gets very mad and upset and curses her from having children for any month of any year. This is hard for her and brings her sadness because she wants to be a mother, she asks Thoth “Is there anything you can do to help me? Surely, one of the children within me is yours!(Rosenberg 163)”. He tells her that he would find a way to help her through her struggle and that she will be called “The Mother of Gods”. Thoth makes 5 days out of light for Nut, so that she can have 5 days to give birth. She gives birth to 5 children in this order; Osiris, Horus the Elder, Set, Nephthys and Isis. Nut overcame her struggle by asking for help from her lover, Thoth. Although it was tricky she overcame the struggle and got through her …show more content…
He was destined to the sword and he becomes the king of Hunland. He is forced to fight in an army with his skills and in war and his courage. This is a struggle for Sigmund because he is fated to die, but he has great strength and skill. He isn't wounded by anyone, until an old man with a blue cloak comes to attack him he says “Sigmund the Volsung your time has come!” (Hamilton 229). This old man gives Sigmund his death, but he’s still alive. He tells his wife to care for his son, Sigurd, who will be the next noble king, he didn’t think fate would come because of his skills and strength on the battlefield. His struggle was to prevent fate, which couldn't be prevented. His son, though, took over and the sword was passed down to him he and was noble and loyal right from birth. He also had a struggle, if he defeats Fafnir and kills his tutor he will be very rich. Sigurd gets this, he kills Fafnir and cuts the head off his Tutor. He drinks the blood of Fafnir and his tutor and also eats half of his Tutor’s heart. He takes off to the Fafnir’s den and finds treasure “beyond dreaming” (Hamilton
In the Mesopotamian Myth, Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is struggling to avoid dying. In the beginning of this myth he leaves his city to learn how to avoid death, throughout this he gains wisdom by knowing what makes a person wise. He returns to his homeland and makes tablets on his travels, he puts them on the walls of his city, Uruk. He is not a full god though, he is …show more content…
She struggles to have kids because she’s married but in love with others’. She is in love with her brother, Geb, and Thoth, and she makes love to them. Ra gets very mad and upset and curses her from having children for any month of any year. This is hard for her and brings her sadness because she wants to be a mother, she asks Thoth “Is there anything you can do to help me? Surely, one of the children within me is yours!(Rosenberg 163)”. He tells her that he would find a way to help her through her struggle and that she will be called “The Mother of Gods”. Thoth makes 5 days out of light for Nut, so that she can have 5 days to give birth. She gives birth to 5 children in this order; Osiris, Horus the Elder, Set, Nephthys and Isis. Nut overcame her struggle by asking for help from her lover, Thoth. Although it was tricky she overcame the struggle and got through her …show more content…
He was destined to the sword and he becomes the king of Hunland. He is forced to fight in an army with his skills and in war and his courage. This is a struggle for Sigmund because he is fated to die, but he has great strength and skill. He isn't wounded by anyone, until an old man with a blue cloak comes to attack him he says “Sigmund the Volsung your time has come!” (Hamilton 229). This old man gives Sigmund his death, but he’s still alive. He tells his wife to care for his son, Sigurd, who will be the next noble king, he didn’t think fate would come because of his skills and strength on the battlefield. His struggle was to prevent fate, which couldn't be prevented. His son, though, took over and the sword was passed down to him he and was noble and loyal right from birth. He also had a struggle, if he defeats Fafnir and kills his tutor he will be very rich. Sigurd gets this, he kills Fafnir and cuts the head off his Tutor. He drinks the blood of Fafnir and his tutor and also eats half of his Tutor’s heart. He takes off to the Fafnir’s den and finds treasure “beyond dreaming” (Hamilton