Post by Avacyn on Jan 11, 2015 17:36:25 GMT
This is an idea that is pretty old now, but is now a staple in writing.
The idea is that there is a momomyth running through tales across the world, a basic template that stories adhere to in varying degrees. The idea was forwarded by Joesph Campbell, and it has stayed a popular one. He argues that popular myths followed the pattern he had established. It focuses on the journey path of a character, and how they have an adventure of some description.Campbell identified three key stages:
"Departure" deals with the hero's adventure and life
prior to the quest. "Initiation" deals with the hero's many adventures
along the way, the trials and tribulations that make them grow as a person, and in wisdom, understanding and power. The "Return" phase deals with the hero's return home with
knowledge and powers acquired on the journey.
Each of the three stages can be broken down even further, giving us a total of seventeen steps that can be followed:
This is not the only interpretation. Phil Cousineau in his book, The Hero's Journey, proposes eight steps to the process:
Another eight-step formulation was created by David Adams Leeming, and was proposed within his book Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero:
Hopefully, this is of help to people.
The idea is that there is a momomyth running through tales across the world, a basic template that stories adhere to in varying degrees. The idea was forwarded by Joesph Campbell, and it has stayed a popular one. He argues that popular myths followed the pattern he had established. It focuses on the journey path of a character, and how they have an adventure of some description.Campbell identified three key stages:
- Departure
- Initiation
- Return
"Departure" deals with the hero's adventure and life
prior to the quest. "Initiation" deals with the hero's many adventures
along the way, the trials and tribulations that make them grow as a person, and in wisdom, understanding and power. The "Return" phase deals with the hero's return home with
knowledge and powers acquired on the journey.
Each of the three stages can be broken down even further, giving us a total of seventeen steps that can be followed:
- The Call to Adventure
- Refusal of the Call
- Supernatural Aid
- Crossing the Threshold
- Belly of the Whale
- The Road of Trials
- The Meeting with the Goddess
- Woman as Temptress
- Atonement with the Father
- Apotheosis
- The Ultimate Boon
- Refusal of the Return
- The Magic Flight
- Rescue from Without
- The Crossing of the Return Threshold
- Master of Two Worlds
- Freedom to Live
This is not the only interpretation. Phil Cousineau in his book, The Hero's Journey, proposes eight steps to the process:
- The Call to Adventure
- The Road of Trials
- The Vision Quest
- The Meeting with the Goddess
- The Boon
- The Magic Flight
- The Return Threshold
- The Master of Two Worlds
Another eight-step formulation was created by David Adams Leeming, and was proposed within his book Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero:
- Miraculous Conception And Birth
- Initiation Of The Hero-Child
- Withdrawal From Family Or Community For Meditation And Preparation
- Trial And Quest
- Death
- Descent Into The Underworld
- Resurrection And Rebirth
- Ascension, Apotheosis, And Atonement
Hopefully, this is of help to people.