From Hercules to Harry Potter: Mythology in Film

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THREE FACES OF MYTH AND FÄERIE (TOLKIEN) 2.

Magical toward Nature (Dickerson & O’Hara, p. 43)

 Most important in the

definition of myth  Nature is magical (Trees can move, speak, defend themselves, get angry)  Does not deny science but it does deny that science is the only way to understand nature

Treebeard and the Hobbits by Per Sjogren, 2003


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