Anyone recall Campbell writing about a kidnapping ritual as a rite of passage?

topic posted Fri, September 11, 2009 - 1:40 PM by  Nate
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I need to give a 10 minute presentation over a religious ceremony/ritual or rite of passage in my World Religions class and I recalled this story from one of the Campbell books I read. I can't remember which it's in for sure but I think it's in the Power of Myth. He talks about a tribe where once the boys reach a certain age, all the men in the village dress up and come in the night and kidnap them. Seems like they leave them a distance from home and they have to find their way back to become real men and there is a celebration afterwards. I'd be utterly grateful to anyone who could shed some light on this for me, I'm really interested in researching it and learning more.
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