Heroic myth
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The concept of a story archetype of the standard "hero's quest" or monomyth pervasive across all cultures is somewhat controversial. Expounded mainly by Joseph Campbell, it illustrates several uniting themes of hero stories that despite vastly different peoples and beliefs hold similar ideas of what a hero represents.
Some argue that while there may be many stories that fit the monomyth, the belief in such a truly ubiquitous form may be due in part simply to neglecting those that do not.
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See also
- General
- Archetypal literary criticism, Artificial mythology, Comparative mythology, Creation myth, Folklore, Legendary creature, LGBT themes in mythology, Geomythology, Monomyth, Mytheme, Mythical place, Mythography, National myth
- Mythological archetypes
- Culture hero, Death deity, Earth Mother, First man or woman, Hero, Life-death-rebirth deity, Lunar deity, Psychopomp, Sky father, Solar deity, Trickster, Underworld
- Myth and religion
- Religion and mythology, Magic and mythology, Hindu mythology, Christian mythology (Jesus Christ in comparative mythology), Jewish mythology, Islamic mythology
- Lists
- List of mythologies, List of deities, List of mythical objects, List of species in folklore and mythology, List of species in folklore and mythology by type, List of women warriors in folklore
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