The hero with a thousand faces

Joseph Campbell

Brought up on Modern Wisdom, most recently on 2026-08-29.

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Where it came up

• Modern Wisdom · Mexican Batman, Britain’s Downfall, Mr Bean’s Comeback & Jimmy Carr - Rabbit Hole #5 · at 21:00 · 2026-08-29

  “Joseph Campbell, The Hero Thousand Faces, The Hero's Journey, all of those kind of great books that informed Star Wars.”Discussed

Also mentioned in those episodes

• · The HobbitJ.R.R. Tolkien Modern Wisdom
• · The Lord of the RingsJ.R.R. Tolkien Modern Wisdom
• · The OdysseyΌμηρος Modern Wisdom
• · The epic of GilgameshBenjamin R. Foster Modern Wisdom
• · The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald Modern Wisdom
• · East of EdenJohn Steinbeck Modern Wisdom
• · Nuclear WarAnnie Jacobsen Modern Wisdom
• · The Anxious GenerationJonathan Haidt Modern Wisdom
• · StonerJohn Williams Modern Wisdom

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