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From: ws21@cornell.edu

In article
<035013e3-311a-4da0-9516-8165c362c5e4@p10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
 Duggy  wrote:

> Sure, but the assumption that because two things have some
> similarities one must have copied the other is very flawed logic.
>
> Lucas admits to using Campbell's Hero's Journey for his plot
> structure.  Campbell used mythology from all over the world, including
> Arthurian and the mythology that Arthur copied and was formed from.
> The similarities that are there are because they fit the same
> mythological template, not because one copied the other.

Never said it was logic. Just my analysis. Triggered, in fact, by
watching Excalibur and Star Wars on TV within a week of one another.

If he studied Hero's Journey he had a lot of Arthur in his head. Does
Hero's Journey find the three-generation structure everywhere?

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