Dune Series PHD Episode 20 Lord Raglan's The Hero and The Dune Series
Channel: Doc Sloan's Science Fiction Station
Date: 2021-10-05

A number of works on mythology influenced Frank Herbert. Lord Raglan's book, The Hero, a Study in Tradition, Myth and Drama is one of several important books on mythology that helped Frank Herbert shape the creation of his disastrous hero, Paul Atreides.
In The Hero, Raglan presents 22 steps that the mythical hero passes through, and looks at how mythical and historical individuals score on his scale. 

Paul scores a very high 19 out of 22  on Lord Raglan's scale.
In this episode we examine how Frank Herbert adapted Raglan's scale to structure the heroic journey of Paul Atreides in Dune.

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