Stage 1
The hero begins in a situation of normality from which some information is received that acts as a call to head off into the unknown.
What is the call to adventure?
A person, being, a situation that protects then releases the hero.
What is a threshold guardian?
Helpful figure hero finds along the way.
What is a mentor
When the hero returns, he/she runs the risk of _________.
What is rejection?
Hero doubts going on the journey.
What is the refusal to the call?
The hero experiences increasingly difficult tasks, often persuading him/her to do wrong.
What are the challenges & temptations?
The hero achieves a sense of peace & harmony; he/she is changed & balanced.
What is Atonement?
A gift, often magical, given to the hero to help him/her through the journey.
What is a talisman?
Where the hero begins, is comfortable in their own environment.
What is the ordinary world?
The hero faces this most difficult challenge alone.
What is the abyss?
The hero comes back.
What is Return?
This is another word for journey, to seek something.
What is a quest?
The hero enters the unknown.
What is the crossing of the threshold?
The hero has a realization, a change in thoughts & views.
What is the transformation?
The hero returns with this.
What is a gift?
A pattern, original model or prototype.
What is an archetype?
This stage is known as _____. When the hero leaves his home.
What is departure?
This stage is known as ______. The stage when the hero faces many challenges.
What is the initiation?
This stage is known as _______. When the hero has completed his journey and returns home.
What is the return?