Understanding Masculine Psychology The Fisher King Legends are narrations of masculine psychology, explaining the roots of man’s actions in an entertaining context. The Fisher King is named such because he was wounded when he was an adolescent after walking upon a deserted camp with a salmon roasting over an open fire. The boy was hungry and gave in to his desire, breaking a bit of the salmon that was too hot, burning him and causing the boy to drop the fish into the fire leaving only the magnificent taste on his fingers. Robert A. Johnson suggests that this is symbolic of the “first fact of man’s psychology. The salmon is one of the