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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell
I guess this is non-fiction, but it's non-fiction about myths and folklore. Oh well.
I'd wanted to read this for some time. It lays out a chart of the path (or variations on that path) that every hero takes in a wide array of myths from around the world. There's some psychoanalysis thrown in, with lots of references to Freud and Jung etc., but the part that really interested me was the comparisons of the various markers found in each story.
I hope it sticks with me enough that I'll be thinking about it for some time to come.
I'd wanted to read this for some time. It lays out a chart of the path (or variations on that path) that every hero takes in a wide array of myths from around the world. There's some psychoanalysis thrown in, with lots of references to Freud and Jung etc., but the part that really interested me was the comparisons of the various markers found in each story.
I hope it sticks with me enough that I'll be thinking about it for some time to come.