1994 Disney animated film in which young lion Simba, traumatized by his father's murder, flees into exile until he is called back to confront his murderous uncle and assume his rightful place as king.
Peterson reads The Lion King as a mythological narrative of the return of the father — Simba receiving the vision of Mufasa is the Osiris resurrection archetype — and the necessity of confronting the past rather than fleeing it to reclaim one's identity.
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