The film is the 2005 collaboration, MirrorMask, between fantasy writer Neil Gaiman and artist Dave McKean. The story follows Helena, a teenager and daughter of circus performers, who, after her mother falls ill, journeys into the world she has unintentionally created in her drawings to find that the Queen of the Light has fallen into a deep sleep and cannot be awoken without the charm. Helena volunteers to find the… Continue reading
Persephone versus Anti-Persephone in MirrorMask
Author: PriscillaJul 29
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Filed under: Essays, mythology, Popular Culture | Tagged as: archetype, Demeter, MirrorMask, Persephone
Persephone: Queen of Individuation
Author: PriscillaJul 28
The Homeric "Hymn to Demeter" is one of the oldest, primary sources for the Demeter and Persephone myth. This myth tells of the separation of a mother and daughter through a supposed abduction and rape of the daughter and the mother’s suffering for her loss. Because the Homeric Hymn is from Demeter’s perspective, much emphasis has been placed on the pains of her separation with Persephone’s story to be understood… Continue reading