In the Irwin chapter of “Oceans of stories” the fact that almost every story has a link to another does not surprise me in the least. If you think about it, there are only so many ways to tell a fable or to teach a moral to others. Almost every culture has thier own version of Cinderella and if you look at creation myths, they all have roughly the same elements within them. I’m not saying that they are all the same, but the similarites are there.
Another reason these stories may be linked is the simple fact that when people travel together, they will talk and exchange ideas as well as stories to ease the bordom of the trip. This is true even in our own culture, only now we use DVD players instead of storytellers.
On to “History of 12-century Philosophy.” I agree with badspeller about all the name dropping, […]
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