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Well, Film.com has compiled a few for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Fantasy stories generally lift from the same mythological source bank. Actually, if you want to get super scholarly and esoteric about it, every story (especially the more sword-and-sorcery themed variety) is the same basic &#8220;hero&#8217;s journey&#8221; archetype detailed by Joseph Campbell. But fantasy stories &#8212; King Arthur,\u00a0<em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Willow<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Peter Pan<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Conan the Barbarian<\/em> &#8212; build their world out of the same objects. 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