Mugging the Monster/Oral Tradition

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Examples of Mugging the Monster in Oral Tradition include:

• Older Than Feudalism: This happened to Odysseus a few times in The Odyssey.
• Theseus basically started his heroic career by dealing with a series of robbers on his way to Athens.
• Contrast with Oedipus, who was much the same, only it was people who cut him off in traffic instead of robbers.

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