Atalanta Hero's Journey

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Myths are stories about the world´s origins, and to understand mankind, one must understand myths. I will be talking about the myth of Atalanta and how she follows the hero's journey. The hero's journey is a pattern of which all heroes from every story of mythology follow. The hero's journey follows three parts.The Departure as the 1st, Decisive Victory as the 2nd, and The Return as the 3rd. My thesis is that many stories that aren't myths may also follow a journey similar to the myths. In many myths, heroes depart to go on their journey. Atalanta is very different from those heroes. For example, her father abandons her at a mountainside because she is not a male. This is stated in the myth as ´Atalanta's father … when a daughter and not

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