Hero's journey--Joseph Campbell

Mythology as many people read say that its not real so if it’s not real why do people get so fascinated with it and what does it teach you? Myths don’t have to be real for one to acknowledge it such as the hero being presented in “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”. The Adventure of the Hero is where the hero is considers the one and is viewed in great admiration  while he goes through the three stages which are  separation, initiation ,and return. In separation their is the call where the hero often refuses but with the help of supernatural aid their is motivation. He crosses a symbolic threshold where he “rescues a maiden, recover a treasure — before returning to his society to receive the adulation accorded to one who braves the various kinds of demons that keep the more faint of heart from undertaking the Adventure”. He challenge is to adjust his emotions towards women when he meets with Temptress or a goddess. By experiencing this first stage, the hero uses what he has learned from his journey and shares his knowledge with the people in his society. The hero in part two is portrayed as a model for action whether he is seen as a saint, warrior, emperor, lover or redeemer.e is also modeled for existentialist lines where he relies on his own mid to get through though situations no demons or gods to support him. The citizens have hope for the hero to protect them against the forces of darkness by creating an  Edenic world. Campbell “ranges East and West, from the earliest recorded civilizations to contemporary cultures, to collect stories of heroes for examination and dissection under his critical microscope”. By having a hero and knowing his quest, it brings that security and restores happiness the society has lost and the hero can restore. 


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