The last article in this category had as its subject one of the most famous figures of the fantastic history Literature:
Peter Pan, a Peter Pan still in its infancy and far from the subsequent representation which has helped the film version of Dinsey. Without going too far from This emblematic figure and fabulous, this time we will also talk to children in the fantasy. Not a child in particular, but a fantastic and legendary figure at the same time, a role that fantasy seems to be fixed and frequently present, almost a "must" literature such as "the chosen child." One of the constants of legends and fantasy novels is the figure of the protagonist, a man or woman, who rises to this role more often than not as a special character, "elected" to the role of savior by fate, by a prophecy or a higher level.
The hero of the story turns out - or know from the beginning - To be destined for great works, have a great responsibility with regard to the salvation of a people, a race or the whole world, and that it should meet the prophecy that follows him from birth, a birth to the most "extraordinary" , which is outside the ordinary course of events, and normal men. This child is destined
In fact, the predestined hero of the fantasy and fantasy is nothing but the continuation reworked, and therefore in some respects very different, a mythical figure of the applicant, the "chosen child" designed by Maurizio Bettini and Alberto Borghini in a paper entitled "The child , which this article began. What are the best known examples of "children mythical and elected, "models of the heroes chosen by fate in fantasy literature? The most famous are certainly the twin sons of Rhea Silvia, Romulus and Remus, for the birth of a great civilization, heroes, founders of Rome. Their story, very famous, is very complex and a bit 'sad. His mother, Rhea Silvia, was forced to become a vestal virgin, or a servant of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. As such Rhea Silvia had to remain chaste so because his role required it, but the god Mars (Ares of the Greeks) and fell in love with the girl possessed. From that union she had the divine twins, sons of a god. Here is one of the first case the applicants: la nascita straordinaria. Romolo e Remo sono figli di una Vestale e del dio della guerra. Questa ingombrante e maestosa figura di padre segna il loro destino e quello di Roma, che diventerà una delle più grandi potenze belliche che sia mai esistita. Al momento del parto la colpa di Rea Silvia è ormai evidente, così il re ne ordina l’esecuzione e i due gemelli perdono anche la madre. 
Anche questo è un elemento tipico della figura dell’eroe predestinato, tanto nel mito quanto nel fantasy, L’eroe perde uno dei genitori o entrambi, rimane solo, abbandonato, anzi spesso (ciò accade anche nelle fiabe) viene condannato da un nemico più o meno noto alla stessa sorte del genitore defunto. Così accade anche per Romolo e Remo, che il re Amulio affida a dei servi perché li abbandonino alla corrente del fiume. Questo motivo è molto famoso, esiste anche nella storia biblica di Mosè, abbandonato, come Romolo e Remo, in una cesta lasciata in balìa della corrente del fiume. Ma i due piccolo sono due bambini eletti, e il loro destino non è quello di perire miseramente. C’è una profezia su di loro, antica di trenta generazioni, forse più, una profezia che su questi bambini ripone la speranza di una rinascita, la gloria della stirpe di Enea, loro antenato scampato alla distruzione di Troia, cui l’ombra del padre profetizzò la nascita di un popolo guerriero dal destino di grandezza, un popolo che sarebbe nato its progeny: Romulus and Remus, for the note.
And so, in the natural environment, the twins, designed to make war and to establish the Urbe, are rescued and fed by two animals, according to myth, not only the wolf, but a woodpecker, both animal sacred to Mars, their father. These two creatures, who seem aides magic of fairy tales, allow kids to save.
Soon after, in fact, will be found by a shepherd, Faustolo, and the wife, who they raised as children. often happens also to be raised from hero fantasy putative parents, and did not know what its origins. The frantic search for an answer and of themselves è di frequente il motore del viaggio che l’eroe intraprende, o un tratto importante perché questi assuma su di sé il compito cui è chiamato sin dalla nascita, al quale solo lui può obbedire. Questo tratto di straordinarietà accomuna Romolo e Remo a molti eroi del fantasy, ma anche del mito, come Eracle, di cui celeberrime sono le fatiche e la paternità di Zeus, che divide il ruolo di genitore con un padre “umano” e adottivo: Anfitrione.
Questi eroi, lo abbiamo già annunciato, vivono ai margini, non solo ai margini della civiltà, ovvero in un altrove di natura selvaggia (come i gemelli allattati dalla lupa), ma anche in mezzo a un popolo che li guarda con sospetto e dai quali sentono di be different: in the myth sometimes they brag about their diversity and seek to return to Olympus divine which they belong. But in modern
fantastic adventure stories the role of the hero is a burden (Tolkien would say) very strenuous on him often bears a responsibility he does not want or do not look for a sense of diversity for its powers and its mission, which ends up bringing about modern identity crisis. The problem of identity, "where I come from?" And "Who am I?" But it is also a question of great importance in ancient times, which reflected in their myths. Just think of a tragic character par excellence: Oedipus. Oedipus is a chosen one, but a negative sign: it is a destructive hero, destined by a terrible oracle of Apollo to kill his father and sleep with his mother before his birth. And so, same script, even the hapless parents of Oedipus decided to abandon the child, to "expose" the Greeks said. Oedipus is exposed, separated from her royal relatives, led away to be killed, but the servant who has this task does not have the heart to do it and it relies on Polybus, who became his adoptive father. Oedipus again received from Apollo, ruthless and ambiguous, the tremendous oracle, and fearing in his heart to really end up killing the father and join in with the incestuous way 
mother, decides to escape. But a doubt will follow until the end of the play (or his myth), until the horrible revelation: who are they? who is my father and my mother who? The end, alas, is bitter and sad, not suitable for the happiest ending for the solver and the fairy tales and fantasy stories.
In Fantasy, the hero who does not know where it came from or who he is, and ultimately find peace with his past after dealing with a growth path, and also suffered hard, that leads him to accept himself and the role that is imposed.
For the Greeks and the Romans identity was tied to fatherhood: If you know who are the son, when can I get a parental history and a family, then I know who I am, my memory, I have a role in society. Yet the greatest heroes of their myths do not know where they came, had been repudiated or abandoned, they had no parents or had lost them, only to discover that the sons of gods intended them to works of salvation and the foundation, but also contamination and destruction.
In modern fantasy literature, however, the identity is linked to self-awareness and courage to accept their own diversity. The heroes are those who find the experience of acceptance of themselves and their role in overcoming difficulties, which leave from their soul, with doubt and fears that trouble them, and that re-emerge in reality in the form of enemies and dark shadows. At times looking for his origins to know the reason for their estrangement in the world they live in, to retrieve a forgotten past, but end up victorious and created a new identity through the struggle against their limits and sacrifice. They discover that there is not only the destiny or fate, but also the responsibility and determination.
Lavinia Scolari
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