Source recordScholarship
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell · 1949 · English
Scholarship
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell
The foundational work of comparative mythology introducing the concept of the 'monomyth' or hero's journey. Analyzes mythological narratives from cultures worldwide.
About this work
The foundational work of comparative mythology introducing the concept of the 'monomyth' or hero's journey. Analyzes mythological narratives from cultures worldwide.
About this record
By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. About the author. Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.
Dates and authorship follow standard scholarly references; for many ancient works both are approximate or disputed.