y thinking about it.The Productive type has also been referred to as the artist, the creative, the genius, and the human being. These types accept themselves for who they are and don’t battle for their own existence. “The artist not only accepts his personality but goes far beyond it.” (Rank Art an Artist) The artist created himself and then goes on to create a new world as well. (Boeree) I am glad that Otto thought so highly of creative people and artists because I agree that without them there would be no new or exciting images for us to enjoy. Among Otto’s most well known writings are The Myth of the Birth of the Hero 1909, Will Therapy and Truth and Reality 1930, & Art and Artist 1932. These are the works that I will look at briefly.The Myth of the Birth of the Hero tells the short essay form of many Christian and Pagan heroes. The book contains the myths of Greek Gods such as Hercules and of Christian Saints like Jesus Christ. The book is more of a history of the stories, telling them in a dry, chronological manner. Otto states in his introduction, “These myths will be given in abbreviated form as far as relevant for this investigation, with statements concerning provenance.” He proceeds to give many example stories of heroes. He then gives a standard formula for any given hero story. “The hero is usually a child of distinguished parents: a king or goddess. His origin is preceded by difficulties, such as chastity, or prolonged barrenness, or secret intercourse of the parents, due to external prohibition or obstacles. During the pregnancy there is usually some kind of dream that is interpreted as a prophecy cautioning against his birth, and usually threatening to the father. He is then generally sent out in the world through the water and is rescued by Shepard people who take him in and raise him as their own. After he is grown, he finds these distinguished parents and takes revenge on the ...
