tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post4875554888917284355..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Character ArchetypesKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-16403804258279919892016-12-25T16:03:25.042-05:002016-12-25T16:03:25.042-05:00Archetypes can cross cultural borders pretty well....Archetypes can cross cultural borders pretty well. The knight-errant, the ronin samurai, and the old west gunslinger are the same archetype.<br /><br />There are archtypical plots too. Yojimbo and The Seven Samurai were remade as A Fistfull of Dollars and the Magnificent Seven respectively. Historical adventurer writer wrote a series of stories about Cossacks in Asia. One of the story involved the hero rescuing the heroine from the "Tatars" (Mongols.) If you replaced the Cossack with a cowboy and the Tatars with the Indians it could be a basic Western. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.com