All 21 Uses
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
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- Two dreams will suffice to illustrate the spontaneous appearance of the figure of the herald in the psyche that is ripe for transformation.
p. 46.2illustrate = help make clear
- One more example, to illustrate the libidinous association of the dangerous impish ogre with the principle of seduction, is Dyedushka Vodyanoy, the Russian "Water Grandfather."
p. 66.1
- They illustrate the fact that the devotee at the moment of the entry into the temple undergoes a metamorphosis.
p. 77.4
- These three examples from widely separated culture areas—Raven, Amaterasu, and manna—sufficiently illustrate the rescue from without.
p. 186.4
- This succinct formulation by a modern physicist, illustrating the world picture as he saw it in 1928,27 gives precisely the sense of the mythological cosmic egg.
p. 238.3illustrating = helping make clear
- The myths never tire of illustrating the point that conflict in the created world is not what it seems.
p. 246.5 *
- This is the aspect of the hero-problem illustrated in the wondrous Arabian Nights adventure of the Prince Kamar al—"Kaman and the Princess Budur.†
p. 54.1
- And Plutarch numbers the ecstasies of the orgiastic rites of Pan along with the ecstasy of Cybele, the Bacchic frenzy of Dionysos, the poetic frenzy inspired by the Muses, the warrior frenzy of the god Ares (= Mars), and, fiercest of all, the frenzy of love, as illustrations of that divine "enthusiasm" that overturns the reason and releases the forces of the destructive-creative dark.†
p. 67.4
- The parable of Prince Five-weapons illustrates this theme.†
p. 72.7
- She is at the root of such unattainable great goddess figures as that of the chaste and terrible Diana—whose absolute ruin of the young sportsman Actaeon illustrates what a blast of fear is contained in such symbols of the mind's and body's blocked desire.†
p. 92.8
- The need for great care on the part of the father, admitting to his house only those who have been thoroughly tested, is illustrated by the unhappy exploit of the lad Phaethon, described in a famous tale of the Greeks.†
p. 111.9
- This tale of indulgent parenthood illustrates the antique idea that when the roles of life are assumed by the improperly initiated, chaos supervenes.†
p. 115.4
- And there takes place, then, that dramatic divorce of the two principles of love and hate which the pages of history so bountifully illustrate.†
p. 134.1
- * Compare the Christian Credo: "He descended into Hell, the third day He rose again from the dead.... This is the beginning of the rescue of the goddess, and illustrates the case of one who so knew the power of the zone into which she was entering that she took the precaution to have herself aroused.†
p. 184.9
- Whether the myth was originally an illustration of the philosophical formula, or the latter a distillation out of the myth, it is today impossible to say.†
p. 227.2
- The philosophical formula illustrated by the cosmogonic cycle is that of the circulation of consciousness through the three planes of being.†
p. 227.6
- The first detail of this illustration was a little circle containing two elements, Te Tumu, "The Foundation" (a male), and Te Papa, "The Stratum Rock" (a female).†
p. 236.6
- The main portion of Paiore's illustration shows the people spreading out the world, standing on each other's shoulders to elevate the skies.†
p. 237.6
- This theme of crucifixion-resurrection can be illustrated either on the body of the hero himself, or in his effects upon his world.†
p. 282.8
- This mystery is illustrated in Km-pis double presence during the act of worship.†
p. 283.9
- The Mayan version of the world-end is represented in an illustration covering the last page of the Dresden Codex.†
p. 322.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(illustrate as in: as illustrated by this example) to help make clear -- typically by example
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(2)
(illustrate as in: an illustrated children's book) to draw pictures (or provide photographs) to accompany a book or other writing
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)