Carolyne Rivera - The Hero and His Mother, In Myth and Christianity

In Somewhere I Have Never Travelled, Nortwick writes about the significance of the hero and his relationship with his mother. He discusses several mythological heroes and how their mothers influenced their journeys, despite being their own adults and in charge of their own destiny. While the mother is often depicted as nurturing and caring for her child, the hero must eventually separate himself from her and embrace the harsh reality of his father's world in order to face his destiny.

A similar idea is depicted in the Bible with Jesus Himself. In Catholicism, an immense deal of reverence is placed on Mary, Jesus' mother, despite her only being a regular human that happened to be in the line of King David. Their reverence is usually manifested as worshipping her, praying to her, or simply the belief that she was divine and sinless, despite there being no evidence for that idea. Jesus loved and honored His mother, but even He needed to separate Himself from her nurturing to fulfill His purpose to die on the cross for the sins of humanity. When Jesus was 12, His human parents travelled to the temple for sacrifices, but He stayed behind without telling them and when they returned for Him, wondering why He had done such a thing, He replied "I must be about my Father's business." It was here that Mary knew that He was no longer only a child she had carried and given birth to, but He had begun to prepare for His ministry, and later His death and resurrection.

In order for anyone to transition from a child to an adult, they must begin to take responsibility for themselves and no longer be fully reliant on their parents, but embrace their destiny of their own accord.

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