TY - BOOK N2 - Since its release in 1949, The Hero With a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbells' revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction. AB - Since its release in 1949, The Hero With a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbells' revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction. T1 - The hero with a thousand faces / DA - c2008. CY - Novato, Calif. : AU - Campbell, Joseph, ET - 3rd ed. VL - 17 CN - BL313 CN - BL313 PB - New World Library, PP - Novato, Calif. : PY - c2008. ID - 426252 KW - Mythology. KW - Psychoanalysis. SN - 9781577315933 (alk. paper) SN - 1577315936 (alk. paper) TI - The hero with a thousand faces / ER -