The hero with a thousand faces. 17.
- 3rd ed.
- Novato, Calif. : New World Library, 2008.
- xiii, 418 pages : illustrationpages
- Bollingen series Bollingen series ; 17 Collected works of Joseph Campbell .
- Bollingen series. Collected works of Joseph Campbell. .
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The monomyth -- The adventure of the hero -- Departure -- Initiation -- Return -- The keys -- The cosmogonic cycle -- Emanations -- The virgin birth -- Transformations of the hero -- Dissolutions -- Myth and society. Prologue: pt. 1. pt. 2.
Since its release in 1949, The Hero With a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbells' revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction.