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The Value of Ritual and Myth in Society


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You need not have studied Joseph Campbell to understand the vital importance of ritual and myth in society. All you need to have done is see a Star Wars movie. 

 

Larry Kasdan wrote the first Star Wars movie. He's a Michigan man and he took the course multiple times. Luke Skywalker is the good character. Darth Vader is the evil character. Spoiler alert: Darth is Luke's father! And on and on. 

 

Kasdan tapped into many ancient myths and themes in Star Wars. 

 

Here in Nebraska we have our Tunnel Walk. First the music. Perfect modern martial music. The armored warriors leave their cave of safety and march onto the field of battle while their Husker Nation wildly cheers them. Admit it. Just reading those words gets you fired up. The Nebraska Tunnel Walk is one of the many rituals that makes college football so great. 

 

Other rituals and mythologic characters. 

Herbie Husker.

Little Red. (For the kids)

The school song. 

Release of the balloons. 

The fair virgin cheerleaders 

Celebrating before and after the game with other tribe members around campfires and now called tailgating. 

 

The above points out how important ritual is to success of Big Red. It is also why it is a categorical imperative that there be a ritual cleansing of Husker Nation's soul. We must forever rid Husker Nation of the bad memory of failed coaches and AD's of the past starting with Steve P. from NP. Sean E. from Wisconsin would be the last one disposed of in our ritual. Frank Solich, of course, would be spared. He's firing started the downward spiral where we have now hit bottom. 

 

Mark my words, until this ritual is completed we will continue to suffer. 

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Sounds like the Pender police should be notified...

 

Someone is a little too infatuated with rituals and sacrifice.  Next thing you know, the goats and sheep of Pender will be found dead at makeshift alters in the middle of the pasture.  The boys in Pender won't take their girlfriends being sacrificed well....

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7 minutes ago, funhusker said:

Sounds like the Pender police should be notified...

 

Someone is a little too infatuated with rituals and sacrifice.  Next thing you know, the goats and sheep of Pender will be found dead at makeshift alters in the middle of the pasture.  The boys in Pender won't take their girlfriends being sacrificed well....

those sheep are not virgins so their sacrifice won't help.

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45 minutes ago, commando said:

are we throwing thurston into the volcano as a sacrifice to the football gods?

We sure as hell SHOULD be doing that.

 

Every once in awhile I'll have diarrhea from something I ate. I wonder what it's like to have chronic diarrhea of the mouth/mind? Thurston?

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1 hour ago, Thurston from Pender said:

You need not have studied Joseph Campbell to understand the vital importance of ritual and myth in society. All you need to have done is see a Star Wars movie. 

 

Larry Kasdan wrote the first Star Wars movie. He's a Michigan man and he took the course multiple times. Luke Skywalker is the good character. Darth Vader is the evil character. Spoiler alert: Darth is Luke's father! And on and on. 

 

Kasdan tapped into many ancient myths and themes in Star Wars. 

 

Here in Nebraska we have our Tunnel Walk. First the music. Perfect modern martial music. The armored warriors leave their cave of safety and march onto the field of battle while their Husker Nation wildly cheers them. Admit it. Just reading those words gets you fired up. The Nebraska Tunnel Walk is one of the many rituals that makes college football so great. 

 

Other rituals and mythologic characters. 

Herbie Husker.

Little Red. (For the kids)

The school song. 

Release of the balloons. 

The fair virgin cheerleaders 

Celebrating before and after the game with other tribe members around campfires and now called tailgating. 

 

The above points out how important ritual is to success of Big Red. It is also why it is a categorical imperative that there be a ritual cleansing of Husker Nation's soul. We must forever rid Husker Nation of the bad memory of failed coaches and AD's of the past starting with Steve P. from NP. Sean E. from Wisconsin would be the last one disposed of in our ritual. Frank Solich, of course, would be spared. He's firing started the downward spiral where we have now hit bottom. 

 

Mark my words, until this ritual is completed we will continue to suffer. 

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