The Hero's Journey
A pattern of stages that a hero may experience during an adventure or personal transformation.
What is the hero's journey
An anonymous, traditional story that explains a belief, custom, or mysterious natural phenomenon.
What is a myth?
Forms used to communicate a specific meaning, such as letters, abbreviations, logos, or badges.
What are signs
Remarkable birth or childhood. Often the offspring of a god and a human being. Possess qualities of both immortals and mortals
What is a mythic hero?
Short story that teaches a lesson (called a moral) that people should apply to their own lives where the characters are usually animals
What is a fable
A journey taken in search of something of value
What is a quest
Story that is created by the “folk”. Usually legends, fables, tall tales, fairy tales, and ghost stories.
What is a folktale?
An object, person, or idea that represents something beyond its literal meaning.
What is a symbol
Often a very ordinary person. Step-child or neglected child. May not have superhuman abilities
What is a folktale hero?
A story that is always about humans but can have magic or supernatural events. It is based on real people who are considered heroes and are passed off as true stories
What is a legend?
A universal narrative pattern identified by mythologist Joseph Campbell in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces
What is a monomyth
Not attached to religion, spiritual things, or church authority.
Secular
A kind of “super-symbol” that can take a number of forms.
What is an archetype
This Japanese folktale demonstrates the importance of respecting older generations.
What is The Wise Old Woman
Modern folklore consisting of stories believed by their tellers to be true
What is an urban legend
The hero starts off in a mundane situation of normality from which some information is received that acts as a call to head off into the unknown
What is a Call to Adventure
Questions about human existence that people across cultures have asked for centuries and may never fully answer.
What are essential life questions
A key figure central to the dispersion of stories. This figure has worn many faces and roles throughout history.
What is a storyteller
Mythic heroes often encounter these beings, which may possess supernatural powers.
What are gods or monsters?
Includes Fairy Tales and Folklore. Stories that have been passed down for hundreds of years. Magic, imaginary creatures, and talking animals can be included
What is a folktale
The quest may involve a descent into the underworld or to some other dark and frightening place like an enchanted forest. This is the ultimate stage of the hero’s journey
What is The Unknown World
He proposed and developed the concepts of the extroverted and introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious.
Who is Carl Jung
The practice of passing stories and memories from person to person through storytelling. It is an important part of human culture around the world.
What is oral tradition
A mythic hero's extraordinary abilities or divine connections can make them different from this type of person.
An example of a story that includes elements of a legend and fairtytale
What is St. George and the Dragon?