Things I Love About Supernatural - Footnote
This was today's quote from the Joseph Campbell Foundation:
"Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world." (From The Hero with a Thousand Faces.)
I find it interesting because, of course, Sam was referred to as an abomination throughout season 5, but he rose to the level of a god in his final act of sacrifice in Swan Song. This quote really highlights the ways in which Kripke's story both fulfilled and subverted the hero myth.
"Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world." (From The Hero with a Thousand Faces.)
I find it interesting because, of course, Sam was referred to as an abomination throughout season 5, but he rose to the level of a god in his final act of sacrifice in Swan Song. This quote really highlights the ways in which Kripke's story both fulfilled and subverted the hero myth.