[Marvel Comics + The Mysteries] It occurs to me...

[Vrylakos]

... that the origin of the Marvel Comics character Iron Fist is actually an initiation script that is giving him a Mystical Virtue.

The origin of Daniel Rand, aka Iron Fist.

Daniel proves to be the most gifted of Lei Kung's students. Rand conditions his fists by plunging them into buckets of sand, gravel and rock to toughen them. At 19, Daniel is given the chance to attain the power of the Iron Fist by fighting and defeating the dragon known as Shou-Lao the Undying, which guarded the molten heart that had been torn from its body. During the battle, Daniel throws himself against the scar of Shou-Lao, which burns a dragon tattoo into his chest. Having killed Shou-Lao, he enters its cave and plunges his fists into a brazier containing the creature's molten heart, emerging with the power of the Iron Fist. It is later reveled that there have been many Iron Fists before Daniel, making him the modern member of a long lineage of Iron Fists.

Sounds like an initiation script being fulfilled to me... Ordeal, Flaw, Virtue gained...

Anyway, move along, just an interesting parallel I noted.

[jebrick]

You do realize the story for Dora saves the Crystal Kingdom could also be an initiation script to a Mystery Cult. :mrgreen:

Just sayin'