From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey Through Myth and Legend
Many are familiar with Joseph Campbell's theory of the hero's journey, the idea that every man from Moses to Hercules grows to adulthood while battling his alter-ego. This book explores the universal heroine's journey as she quests through world myth. Numerous stories from cultures as varied as...
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Many are familiar with Joseph Campbell's theory of the hero's journey, the idea that every man from Moses to Hercules grows to adulthood while battling his alter-ego. This book explores the universal heroine's journey as she quests through world myth. Numerous stories from cultures as varied as Chile and Vietnam reveal heroines who battle for safety and identity, thereby upsetting popular notions of the passive, gentle heroine. Only after she has defeated her dark side and reintegrated can the heroine become the bestower of wisdom, the protecting queen and arch-crone.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786448319 (0786448318)
ASIN: 786448318
Publish date: October 19th 2010
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Pages no: 376
Edition language: English
Skip this book and read Women Who Run with the Wolves instead. Honestly, if you are going to talk about how a myth reflects women, use the actual myth instead of the liberatto by Wagner.
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