Mugging the Monster/Oral Tradition
Examples of Mugging the Monster in Oral Tradition include:
- Older Than Feudalism: This happened to Odysseus a few times in The Odyssey.
- Theseus basically started his heroic career by dealing with a series of robbers on his way to Athens.
- Contrast with Oedipus, who was much the same, only it was people who cut him off in traffic instead of robbers.
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