The hero with a thousand faces

416 pages

English language

Published 1972 by Princeton University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-691-01784-6
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OCLC Number:
2972015

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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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Subjects

  • Mythology
  • Psychoanalysis