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
Campbell's 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. As part of the Joseph Campbell Foundation's Collected Works of
Joseph Campbell, this third edition features expanded illustrations, a
comprehensive bibliography, and more accessible sidebars.
As relevant today as when it was first published, The Hero with