Title: Lara Croft as a spiritual seeker : religious and spiritual motifs in the Tomb Raider transmedia universe
Source document: Religio. 2025, vol. 33, iss. 1, pp. 55-81
Extent
55-81
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ISSN1210-3640 (print)2336-4475 (online)
Persistent identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/10.5817/Rel2025-40161
Stable URL (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.82240
Type: Article
Language
English
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
Rights access
open access
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Abstract(s)
In this article, I offer a concise survey of the religious/spiritual motifs identifiable in Tomb Raider. Based on hermeneutics and discursive analysis applied mainly (but not exclusively) to the main game series, I identify a marked influence of both Western Esotericism (in the case of the older games) and Alternative Spirituality (especially in the case of the Survivor Trilogy). Furthermore, there is enough ground to interpret Lara Croft as a spiritual seeker rather than an archaeologist.
Note
The study was funded by the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), project No. 23-06394S (Key cultural sources, ideas, and practices of Western alternative spirituality and medicine).