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The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Joseph Campbell

Understanding the Hero’s Journey Through Psychology and Mythology

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The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1948) is a seminal work of comparative mythology. It reveals that foundational myths from around the world share similar structures and themes, which trace back to some of our earliest stories and continue to hold a strong power over us today.

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Joseph Campbell was a writer and professor of literature at Sarah Lawrence College. He devoted much of his life to studying and comparing mythologies from around the world. He compiled his results in multivolume works such as The Masks of God and Historical Atlas of World Mythology.