The Orpheus myth may be the most persistent and universal narrative in human history. We are most familiar with the versions told by the ancient Greeks—of the distraught lover who draws on the power of music to bring his wife back from the Underworld. Yet the same story is echoed in countless other tales from around the world, usually in conjunction wit…
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