Joseph Campbell Flashcards
The details of heroic stories in all religious worlds are _.
different
Takes a vow to sit under a tree and meditates until he reaches either enlightenment or dies by being tempted by a demon 3x. He overcomes this and then becomes the _.
Buddha
Campbell thought that the hero’s journey is the most important religious _.
myth
3 most important patterns in “the hero’s journey”?
departure
adversities
return
The heroic figure has to go somewhere that is out of the ordinary and leaves the familiar
Departure
Went to the desert for 40 days
Jesus
Went to a cave in the mountains for a month each year during the month of Ramadan to engage in religious practice
Muhammad
Magical, miraculous, temptations by demonic figures, challenges, gaining new powers
Adversities
Earthly figures: hunger, fear, death
Adversities
Becomes transformed, new powers
Return
A religious example of the hero’s journey is?
Gilgamesh (Babylonian epic)