[Buddha-l] Another One Bites the Dust

[Joy Vriens]

Hi James,

There seem to be different versions (in battle, miraculous death). In 
Oedipus at Colones he indeed dies that way. For collective violence 
(many recognizable features in our story), see René Girard, La violence 
et le sacré (especially the chapter on Oedipus and the following one, I 
only have the French version). It looks like there was a crisis in 
Cincamanavika's town, with a tension between groups of ascetics of 
different faiths, followed by collective violence where Cincamanavika 
became the emissary victim. Collective violence with one victim taking 
it all is a real give away.
Joy

Le 06/03/2013 08:40, James A Stroble a écrit :

> I wonder. Was not being swallowed by the earth the ultimate fate of 
> Oedipus?