One kind of hero that often appears in Celtic myths is the princely hunter, who has followed the lure of a deer into a range of forest that he has never been in before. The animal there undergoes a transformation, becoming the Queen of the Faerie Hills, or something of that kind. This is a type of adventure in which the hero has no idea what he is doing but suddenly finds himself in a transformed realm. MOYERS: Is the adventurer who takes that kind of trip a hero in the mythological sense? CAMPBELL: Yes, because he is always ready for it. In these stories, the adventure that the hero is ready
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