The Hero with a Thousand Faces - Campbell, Joseph

Clean, tight, unmarked; the slightest of wear to upper back inside corner; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; 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 relationship of their timeless symbols to those rediscovered in dream by contemporary depth psychology is taken as a starting point to interpretation. The psychological view is then compared with the words of such spiritual leaders as Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Lao-tse, and the "Old Men" of the Australian tribes. From behind a thousand faces the single hero emerges, archetype of all myth.
Near Fine
Soft cover
Princeton University Press
1972
Princeton, NJ