The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Author(s): Joseph Campbell
Mythology, Spirituality & Religion
A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.
Product Information
Joseph Campbell was born in New York City in 1904 and educated in America, France and Germany. He is the author of the four-volume study of world mythologies collectively titled 'The Masks of God', among other works. He has also edited 'The Portable Jung' and 'The Portable Arabian Nights'. He lives in Hawaii.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers
- : Fontana Press
- : 0.34
- : 01 August 1993
- : 197mm X 130mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2005
- : 01 June 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : Joseph Campbell
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : English
- : 291.13
- : 448
- : Myths & mythology; Folklore; Religion: general
- : 16pp b&w photographs