Subject: Re: Gesar: Tibetan Arthur (was Glastonbury)
From: ingria@bbn.com (Bob Ingria)
Date: 1992-09-29, 15:48
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: ingria@BBN.COM

In article <1992Sep29.132907.1@cubldr.colorado.edu> crago_l@cubldr.colorado.edu writes:

   Here comes a Tibetan tie-in again. Their epic hero, Gesar of Ling, is
   commonly believed to be *sleeping* until his people have great need of
   him again, at which time he will arise and lead a great army that will
   defeat the world-wide enemy, just like King Arthur of Great Britian.

This is a fairly common element of mythology and folklore.  A great
figure who achieves mythological status after his death, often
acquires a legend that he is not really dead, but only sleeping until
his country's (or whatever) hour of need.  In addition to Arthur and
Gesar, there's Barbarrosa, for example.  And the sightings of Elvis
(and JFK) (and the rumors that Jim Morrison faked his death) are in
this pattern, too.  It seems to be an archetype to not believe in the
death of powerful personalities.

-30-
Bob

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