The Hero's Journey
The hero receives a call to leave their normal life and face adventure.
What is the Call to Adventure?
A mentor presents the hero with talisman(s)/artifact(s) that will aid them.
What is Supernatural Aid?
The hero encounters their true love or companion.
What is Meeting the Goddess?
The hero rescues or succeeds a master or father figure.
What is Atonement with the Father or Master?
The hero accepts their place in the world & the responsibility that comes with it.
What is the Master of Two Worlds?
With the journey now complete, the hero is now able to live life as they see fit.
A series of tests, tasks, or ordeals that the hero must undergo to begin their transformation.
What is The Road of Trials?
Often the hero will initially reject the call to adventure due to the changes it would cause in their life.
What is the Refusal of the Call?
The hero leaves the familiar behind and enters into the unknown.
What is Crossing the Threshold?
The hero is tempted to stray from their quest for some offer of personal gain.
What is Temptation?
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What is the number of steps in the monomyth or the hero's journey?
This was the Supernatural Aid that enabled Theseus to find his way out of the labyrinth.
What is the (golden) thread?
This Argonaut convinces Jason to ignore the temptation of Kingship and continue on his journey.
Who is Hercules?
The king of gods.
Who is Zeus?
This goddess convinces her son Cupid to shoot Medea with an arrow of love.
Who is Aphrodite?
"Beware of the man with one sandal" was the prophecy given to Pelias by this medium.
Who is the oracle?
This man is Theseus' father.
Who is Aegeus?
This flag colour aboard the Argo means that Jason is alive and well.
What is white?
The first trial Theseus faced was given to him by his mother.
What is to lift The Great Stone?
This beast had the body of a man and the head of a bull.
What is the Minotaur?
These 'foul creatures' have the wings of a bird and the body of a woman.
What are harpies?
This creature has the wings, head and talons of a bird, but the body of a lion.
What is a gryphon/griffin?
The objective of Jason's quest.
What is to retrieve the golden fleece?
Medea turned her head to avoid watching Jason slaughter this person.
Who is Apsyrtus, Medea's brother?
This King was butchered and deposited in a cauldron by his daughters.
Who is Pelias?