The Hero with a Thousand Faces

The Hero with a Thousand Faces is a book by mythologist Joseph Campbell. Originally published in 1948, it has sold nearly one million copies in various editions.

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Book - Mythologist - Joseph Campbell - 1948

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It traces the stages of a hero's archetypal journey and transformation through many traditional mythologies of the world. In the process, it uses many of the theories of Carl Jung, such as the concept of the collective unconscious.

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Hero - Archetypal - Theories - Carl Jung - Collective unconscious

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Campbell called this archetypical hero's journey the monomyth.

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The Hero with a Thousand Faces has been cited as an inspiration by many students, film directors (most notably George Lucas), novelists, and comic book creators.

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Film director - George Lucas - Novelist - Comic book

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