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monomyth
Common template of stories that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, is victorious in a decisive crisis, and comes home changed or transformed
Also known as hero's journey · hero's quest
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- Discovered by
- Adolf Bastian
- Otto Rank discovered: 1909
- Carl Jung discovered: 1912
- FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan discovered: 1936
- Paul Radin discovered: 1948
- Joseph Campbell discovered: 1949
- Erich Neumann discovered: 1949
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