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The Hero with a Thousand Faces (sh.itjust.works)

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A fascinating analysis of the themes and motifs common to the mythologies and oral traditions of a variety of ancient cultures. Campbell delves into mythology in search of some perennial or fundamental truth.

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Haha, no way! It's an incredibly beautiful piece of writing.

I must admit that I've been thinking similarly about Lemmy being a sort of collective hero's journey. We shall one day free the masses from the iron grip of the corporate internet. Glad to be alone together with you fine people :)

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Holy smokes, thanks for sharing this book, it's next on my list to grab for a read. Recently, I've been really interested in following the development of culture, civilization, mythology, and religion, and this book seems to really drill down into some of those nearly-universal themes (at least, if the blurbs I'm reading are accurate) like the Hero's Journey and the cycle of world/universe creation and destruction. I just wanted to chime in, late as it may be after you made the initial post, and say thank you for sharing

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Wow, it's good to see you're still hanging around here! Couldn't recommend the book any more highly, lots of fascinating scholarship and the prose is a joy to read