The hero with a thousand faces
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Ratings32
Average rating4
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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I think the book does a good job relaying the universality of stories. A closer reading tethers its contents to a psychoanalytical framework that can feel a bit too individualistic.
I've read and listened to this book so often in the past fifteen years that I can no longer think about it objectively or critically. It's a comfort blanket in times of stress or grief, and in that capacity it functions perfectly, and I love it dearly.
