The Hero’s Quest

Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell “Follow your bliss.”  1904 – 1987  American mythologist, writer, and lecturer.  Campbell noticed reoccurring elements and patterns in myths from around the world. Most notably, reoccurring hero myths.

 “The hero is the same, but the costume changes.”  The idea of the hero is a theme in all media- books, music, art, even video games!  Joseph Campbell called this the Monomyth, or “one story.”  “Monomyth” refers to the pattern that myths around the world typically follow.

Hero’s Journey in its simplest form:

Archetype Characters 1. Hero 2. Herald 3. Mentor 4. Threshold Guardians 5. Trickster 6. Shape shifter 7. Shadow Journal #59.2 Write down this list, use the following video to define the words.

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Hero’s Journey- 17 Steps  Originally Joseph Campbell developed a 17 step pattern for the hero’s journey.  Since then authors have modified the pattern into an step journey.

Modified diagram.

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