Trevor’s review of The Hero With a Thousand Faces > Likes and Comments

The seminal work of Frazier was The Golden Bough and thus the weaving of myths...with reoccuring themes thru the history of man and memorialized in archeaology,and religions ..became apparent to me as a reader and so I was delighted to come across Campbell. Joseph Campbell's books of which I have read four, continues and amplifies this insight..with a multiplicity of examples of the weaving and reweaving of threads and elements, the different depictions of "the hero", the different presentations of the "masks of god" etc. Campbell was featured delivering his ideas on a television series which introduced more to this maestro who conducts people thru the worlds of myth.
I would especially recommend Occidental Mythology which may be read after Primative Mythology or on its own for how this applies to Christian myth.
Whether it is the monomyth or simply reuse of elements,Campbell is compelling in the sweep of his observations and the inclusion of information.
He would point out that movie makers DO with their craft continue the tradition of myth making with the same archetypes.

Seems like you really enjoyed this book and strongly recommend it with huge 5 stars and all that. However, I do not learn anything about the main character 'THE HERO' nor about this journey that he makes.

I was hoping you had written a review of this. Now I'm going to go actually read it...

I've recently finished Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth and was surprised that he clearly didn't think very highly of this book. But I would certainly recommend it.

And what better task is there? And what surer guide than literature?

I agree!

Wow what a great review, it’s really cool to learn something so deep of literature, it seems like a miracle to me that literature has anything to do with me and it’s a very exciting idea. I will read this one day soon. I always wanted to analyse the bible too. This Joseph Campbell guy, who I know has been very famous for a long time, is a very exciting author for me. I really love your review Trevor ❤️ps I still watch disneys and love it, so glad you’re way past it❤️