Archetypes in Fiction and the Hero’s Journey

My last post, ‘The Power of Storytelling and Mythology’,explored the work of comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell. Campbell identified adistinct and cohesive pattern running through countless myths, legends and stories throughout time. He called this thehero’s journey–the“song of the universe” being sung by a thousand different peoples and cultures.

In addition to exploring the different stages of the hero’s journey, which is a metaphor for the human journey through life, Campbell, who wa...