Ever wondered the geographical origins of such unalike stories as Doctor Faustus and Jaws ? This map charts the phylogenesis of four Greco-Roman tales as they traversed continents , centuries , and cultures .
This map by Haisam Hussein from a recent emergence ofLapham ’s Quarterlyfollows four famed fabrication that pinballed across space and time . They are :
– Pygmalion : A man falls in love with his female creation
– Oedipus : A power unknowingly belt down his father and marries his female parent
– Faust : A Isle of Man sells his soul to the deuce in exchange for power and knowledge
– Leviathan : A mythical sea monster terrorizes the deep
Note how both the Leviathan and Pygmalion road terminate rather cheekily in Los Angeles with , respectively , Steven Spielberg ’s Jaws and the 1999 Freddie Prinze Jr. stripling fixed storage - com She ’s All That .
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