The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Author(s): Campbell, Joseph Publisher: Princeton Arch Format: Paperback List Price:  Rs. 780 Category: Religion ISBN-13: 9780691017846 ISBN-10: 0691017840 Language: English Pages: 464 Dimensions: 8.72x6.12x1.02 in. Age Range: All Ages

Overview:

In this book, Joseph Campbell presents the composite 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 psychological view is then compared with the words of such spiritual leaders as Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Lao-tse, and the 'Old Men' of Australian tribes. From behind a thousand faces the single hero emerges, archetype of all myth.