The hero with a thousand faces
In this book, Joseph Campbell presents the composite hero. Apollo, the Frog King of the fairy tale, Wotan, the Buddha, and numerous other protagonists of folklore and religion, enact simultaneously the various phases of their common story. The psychological view is then compared with the words of such spiritual leaders as Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Lao-tse, and the 'Old Men' of Australian tribes. From behind a thousand faces the single hero emerges, archetype of all myth.
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- Full title :The hero with a thousand faces / by Joseph Campbell.
Summary
In this book, Joseph Campbell presents the composite hero. Apollo, the Frog King of the fairy tale, Wotan, the Buddha, and numerous other protagonists of folklore and religion, enact simultaneously the various phases of their common story. The psychological view is then compared with the words of such spiritual leaders as Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Lao-tse, and the 'Old Men' of Australian tribes. From behind a thousand faces the single hero emerges, archetype of all myth.
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- Publication Date:1973.
- Edition:1st Princeton/Bollingen pbk. print., 3rd print
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1973.
The Physical Object
- Description:XXIII, 416 str. : : ilustr. ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0691017840, 9780691017846, 0691097437, 9780691097435
- oclc:ocn442231684
- Dewey Decimal:291/.13
Table of Contents
Myth and dream -- Tragedy and comedy -- Hero and the God -- World navel -- Call to adventure -- Refusal of the call -- Supernatural aid -- Crossing of the first threshold -- Belly of a whale -- Road of trials -- Meeting with the Goddess -- Woman as the temptress -- Atonement with the father -- Apotheosis -- Ultimate boon -- Refusal of the return -- Magic flight -- Rescue from without -- Crossing of the return threshold -- Master of the two worlds -- Freedom to live -- From psychology to metaphysics -- Universal round -- Out of the void-space -- Within space-life -- Breaking of the one into the Manifold -- Folk stories of creation -- Mother universe -- Matrix of destiny -- Womb of redemption -- Folk stories of virgin motherhood -- Primordial hero and the human -- Childhood of the human hero -- Hero as warrior -- Hero as lover -- Hero as Emperor and as a tyrant -- Hero as world redeemer -- Hero as saint -- Departure of the hero -- End of the Microcosm -- End of the Macrocosm -- Shapelifter -- Function of myth, cult and meditation -- Hero today.
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