Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

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The part of the hero's adventure in which he achieves illumination and understanding, and is perhaps raised to a godlike stature, is __________.

"Apotheosis"

Carl Jung's archetypical figure called the __________ appears as the goddess and the temptress as encountered by the hero.

Anima

The defeat of any ogre or monster in a story can represent the part of the hero's journey called __________ .

Atonement with the father

__________ is the more widely known name of Gautama Sakyamuni.

Buddha

Like __________, Joseph Campbell suggests that myth is the result of a "collective unconscious"

Carl Jung

When __________ asked her father to take her beauty away

Daphne

An important idea of Joseph Campbell for students of mythology is:

Despite their great variety, all hero stories follow the same pattern.

In the part of the hero's journey called __________, the hero returns home to live an ordinary life that is special because it is enlightened by his adventures.

Freedom to Live

The image of __________, the four-armed Hindu goddess of the totality of the universe, represents the tension between her capacity to do good or evil.

Kali

__________ is Campbell's term for the narrative structure underlying all myths.

Mono myth

While Theseus actively chose to begin his famous adventures, __________ was passive about the beginning the adventure the gods chose for him.

Odysseus

__________ is the term Campbell uses to describe the initiation ceremonies marketing the physical, mental, and spiritual changes that young people undergo as they develop to fill a variety of newly mature roles in a society.

Rite of Passage

The works of Joseph Campbell show that he believed the hero myth is actually written about the struggles of __________.

every human being

In Campbell's view, the hero's adventures in fantastic lands relate to __________.

internal psychic states

The third and final part of the hero's journey is characterized by __________.

return and reintegration into society

"The Call to Adventure," "Refusal of the Call," "Supernatural Aid," "Crossing the First Threshold," "In the Belly of the Whale" are parts of the hero's adventure that begins with __________.

seperation or departure

On his journey, Campbell's hero completes a series of tasks which function as tests to show __________.

the hero's worthiness

As the hero sets out on his journey with the help of a super natural guide, he encounters a threshold guardian who represents __________.

the limits of his current life

The Roads of Trials, The Meeting with the Goddess, Woman as the Temptress, Atonement with the Father, Apotheosis and The Ultimate Boon are part of the hero's adventure called __________.

trials and victories


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