The Hero's Journey
The Hero's Journey is also known as:
The Monomyth
What character archetype often follows their heart rather than their head?
The Lover
What gets created off of Turtle's back?
The Earth we stand on.
What does Prometheus the Trickster Titan steal for the Humans?
Prometheus steals fire.
In The Norse Creation Myth, what is created towards the beginning of the story?
Human beings are created.
What is the call to adventure in the myth "Orpheus and Eurydice"?
Eurydice was fatally bitten by a snake, so Orpheus set out to retrieve his lover.
The Mountain
What is the role of the Mother/Nurturer in myths?
The Mother character archetype often raises, comforts and helps the Hero before their journey.
What is a synonym for the Supreme Ordeal in a story that starts with C?
The Climax of the story.
Savitri succeeds in something Orpheus fails in. What is it?
Savitri successfully saves her lover, while Orpheus fails.
What is the Great/Supreme Ordeal?
The Supreme Ordeal is biggest obstacle or challenge that the hero has to overcome.
Which character archetype is often associated with light, daytime, courage, mercy, justice, and usually strength or physical ability?
The Hero.
What creation myth element is embodied by the Muskrat from "Nanabush Creates the World" and "The Earth on Turtle's Back"?
The Muskrat is an Earth-Diver, one which swims to the bottom of deep, deep water to retrieve dirt or mud, or earth.
If we understand Anansi Plays dead to be a creation myth, what is created, or explained by the myth?
Something similar to:
The story explains why spiders populate the dark corners of rooms.The Sage plays the role of the ________ for Savitri, like how _________ is for Theseus.
mentor, Ariadne
When Theseus sets foot into the labyrinth to face the Minotaur, what stage of the Hero's Journey has he entered?
Acceptable responses:
Belly of the whale, Point of no return, Crossing the Threshhold, "Crossing the Rubicon", "Event Horizon"
What thematic archetype in literature is a phrase which translates to "seize the day"? It suggests that the fleeting nature of time demands that we make the most of the present.
The thematic archetype is Carpe Diem.
How does the world form in P'an Ku?
P'an Ku holds up the sky, separating it from the earth, and when he dies, his body becomes geographical elements.
Name three character traits of Anansi the Trickster Spider.
Acceptable responses:
(Close synonyms of) Greedy, boastful, arrogant, sneaky, selfish, mishievous
Stealing is forbidden.
Despite Theseus' victory against the Minotaur, his return to Athens is littered with morally condemnable actions. Name two of these actions.
Theseus' leaves Ariadne for unclear reasons, and his arrogance leads to him forgetting to raise a while sail, causing his father's death.
Which Theme Archetype would The Coyote Tricks the White Man fit into best?
Nemesis
Who are the two Ruler archetype Characters that Orpheus must impress in order to gain Eurydice's soul back?
Hades and Persephone.
If we observe Prometheus Steals Fire as a creation myth, what are some things that are "created" in the story?
Prometheus creates humans, he is responsible for the human world having fire, and his brother Epimetheseus creates animals and other living creatures.
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Name a movie which follows the monomyth pattern, identify its hero, the mentor, and the supreme ordeal.
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