The hero with a thousand faces /
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 su...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1990?]
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| Series: | Bollingen series ;
17. Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks. Mythos (Princeton, N.J.) |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Reprint. Originally published: 2nd ed. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1972 (Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks) (Bollingen series; 17). |
| Physical Description: | xxiii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0691017840 9780691017846 |