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Page 113
... appears to interfere with Oskar's attempts at leading a normal life , and each time that alternatives are denied him he is compelled to return to the mythological sphere that dominated his childhood . Whenever he is drawn back to the ...
... appears to interfere with Oskar's attempts at leading a normal life , and each time that alternatives are denied him he is compelled to return to the mythological sphere that dominated his childhood . Whenever he is drawn back to the ...
Page 138
... appears as a popular concept , and a cult is founded in his name . Then , having proven himself a master drummer even in a social context , Oskar returns for a second time to visit Bebra . This time , considering Oskar's new status ...
... appears as a popular concept , and a cult is founded in his name . Then , having proven himself a master drummer even in a social context , Oskar returns for a second time to visit Bebra . This time , considering Oskar's new status ...
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... appear black , black , black . Indeed the word black appears as the prevalent image on every line of the poem except one , the second to last in which the singing children become so paralyzed with fear of the Black Cook that they freeze ...
... appear black , black , black . Indeed the word black appears as the prevalent image on every line of the poem except one , the second to last in which the singing children become so paralyzed with fear of the Black Cook that they freeze ...
Contents
TWO The Masquerade of the Great Earth Mother | 8 |
THREE Mythic Birth Supernatural Aids | 37 |
FIVE From Timeless Time to the Age of Iron | 67 |
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adventure Agnes Alfred Matzerath Anna Bronski appears aspect Atlantic Wall Bebra birth Black Cook Blechtrommel chapter Christ Christian chthonic concept cosmic creation Danzig darkness death Demeter destiny destruction devouring Die Blechtrommel divine drummer dwarf Earth Mother eels Eliade epic episode Erich Neumann experience fate father figure finally fish forces German goddess gods Goethe grandmother Greek Günter Grass Herbert Truczinski human Jan Bronski Jesus Joseph Koljaiczek journey Kashubian Klepp Korneff Kurt labyrinth Lankes Lina Greff literally Luzie Rennwand magic Maria Mircea Eliade monster moth mysteries myth mythic mythology nature Niobe novel Nurse Dorothea Odysseus once Onion Cellar Oskar back Oskar Matzerath Oskar's drum play Polish post office potato powers profane Rasputin realm rhythm ring finger ritual role Roswitha sacred Satan Schmuh Schugger sexual shaman shatter significance skirts spirit supernatural aids symbolic Tin Drum transformation Trophonios unicorn Vittlar W. K. C. Guthrie West