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Article Title
The Shaman as Hero and Spiritual Leader: Richard Adams’ Mythmaking in Watership Down and Shardik
Artists and Illustrations Included in This Record
First Artist
Valerie Protopapas
First Illustration
Hazel & Fiver
Second Artist
Bonnie GoodKnight
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.
Recommended Citation
Chapman, Edgar L.
(1978)
"The Shaman as Hero and Spiritual Leader: Richard Adams’ Mythmaking in Watership Down and Shardik,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 5
:
No.
2
, Article 3.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol5/iss2/3