The Shaman as Hero and Spiritual Leader: Richard Adams’ Mythmaking in Watership Down and Shardik

Authors

Edgar L. Chapman

Artists and Illustrations Included in This Record

First Artist
Valerie Protopapas
First Illustration
Hazel & Fiver

Second Artist
Bg Callahan

Abstract

Focuses mainly on Shardik, calling it “a demanding novel which explores the possible ways of responding to the emergence of the transcendental and mythic into ordinary existence.” With Watership Down, it justifies the importance of intuition, mystical, and transcendental experience.