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A brief samurai story ........deathletgo

  Author:  62478  Category:(Interesting) Created:(1/4/2004 11:39:00 AM)
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I was reading "Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell and I came accross this story.



A samurai had tracked and captured a man who had slain his overlord (the samurai's overlord). The samurai pulled out his sword getting ready to advenge his overlord when out of desperation the other man spit in his face. The samurai slowly lowered his sword, placed it back into his shethe and walked away. Why had he done this? The reason being that the samurai had come to kill out of vengence not anger, and when the man spit on him it had made him very mad. And out of horor he could not kill the man.



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Date: 1/4/2004 11:43:00 AM  From Authorid: 13546    Whoa.. that is an interesting story! .. how quickly a moment can change.. thanks for sharing this!  
Date: 1/5/2004 9:21:00 AM  From Authorid: 62344    I respect the Samurai for knowing his emotions and not letting anger control him. Honor what a beautiful thing.  
Date: 1/11/2004 9:30:00 AM  From Authorid: 62456    Hi deathletgo,
there you go again-"power of myth" by joseph campbell is one of my favorites. Over the years I've gone back to it and it means something different each time. A few years ago I took a class called "myth, leagend and folklore" and loved it. I had discovered joseph campbell before that but the class presented a more analytical perspective-I really like "hero myth"-have you read the odysey by homer-i'm pretty sure campbell mentions it but I think you would like it. I love the way some epics are written about myth -that they were spoken word before so very poetic sounding like your samuri piece and the odyssey and others campbell mentions. anyway, thanks again for the post--IsisKat
  

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