N° 4862
Joseph Campbell presents the comosite hero. Apollo, the Frog
King of the fairy tale, Wotan, the Buddha, and numerous other
protagonists of folklore and religion enact simultaneously the
various phases of their common story.
The relationship of their timeless symbols to those discovered in
dream by contemporary depth psychology is taken as a starting point
for interpretation. The pyschological view is then compared with
the words of such spiritual leaders as Moses, Jesus , Mohammed,
Lao-tse, and the 'Old Man' of Australian tribes. From behind a
thousand faces the single hero looks out, archetype of all human
myth.
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