I am deeply saddened over the death of the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. When thinking about him, I imagine him being transformed into a crocodile god and taking his place in the heavens. Irwin really was a mythological character, with his over-the-top antics, animal-like agility and seeming immortality. What do you think Joseph Campbell, the mythologist, would have to say on Croc Hunter's death, or the death of mythological public figures in gerenal?
2006-09-05 05:05:36 · 9 answers · asked by kristin8881 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I am so impressed with the depth of this question that I had to put SOME answer!
I agree that he would be considered a 'Hero' because even though he SEEMED immortal he obviously wasn't and he 'saved' a lot of creatures through his work in activism. Makes me think of Hercules a little bit!
Blessings and Light
~RW
2006-09-05 06:11:17 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix's Mommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Josephe Campbell would have placed Steve Irwin in the hero archetype with the hero dying young before his time.
I think Campbell would take each figure seperately as they are not all equal in their approach to life or their path, not all public mythological figures follow the Hero's Path with a clean heart.
2006-09-05 15:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by Unity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Campbell would probably classify Irwin to be a Hero, much like Perseus, etc. However, I think he'd also reference the Trickster archetype, in that Steve used antics and humor to teach people.
2006-09-05 12:12:00 · answer #3 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a firm believer in going out with a bang doing something you love. OK for all those tongue in cheeker's, rip it up.
But, I would say Irwin was blessed and it must have been his day to go. And when your time is up on this plane, how better that a vital 'mythological character' go this way than lying in a bed riddled w/cancer or Alzheimers.
He was not afraid to LIVE.
2006-09-05 13:40:56 · answer #4 · answered by hnz57txn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he would have seen him as an example of the age when men like Irwin were heroes, who could do things others couldn't and that he was like a demigod like Heracles or Perseus, who was given the gift to tame monsters.
2006-09-09 12:43:05 · answer #5 · answered by spider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a myth about Irwin already. He and the news media created it.
2006-09-05 13:27:24 · answer #6 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's completely Beowulf all over again.
2006-09-05 12:38:32 · answer #7 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have great imagination. You can produce a best-seller.
2006-09-10 04:55:59 · answer #8 · answered by Hardrock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have a somewhat... twisted mind so to speak...
2006-09-05 12:07:32 · answer #9 · answered by WiseWisher 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋