A Hero With The Thousand Faces Analysis

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I gained a lot of mythological knowledge by attending this course. I knew a little bit about mythology but I did not know the myth concepts such as the Jungian analysis, Joseph Campbell's "A hero with the thousand faces", and Rankian analysis (Thury & Devinny, 2013). My favorite concept is Joseph Campbel's "A hero with the thousand faces" because I could almost always apply this concept to any heroic character. Myth is a way to measure the society's awareness in the past. For example, years ago people believe that myth is a reality but nowadays we do know that most aren't. People now and in the past believed that believing on myth is a matter of faith. For example, some people think that the bible and quoran are mythological books but others would defend …show more content…

We can also compare and contrast about the mythological stories from before to now. For example, back in the days, most of the myths are all about God and Goddesses but nowadays, Star Wars and Harry Potter are the talk in town. I used to think that Harry Potter, Star Wars and even the movie Thor were Science fiction but I have come to realized that these movies are myth as well. I also learned that the title of a Hero is in the eyes of the beholder. For instance, Achilles is a legendary hero in the eyes of the Greeks but an infamous villain in the eyes of most Trojans.. I've also learned life lessons throughout the modules. I've learned the influence of different father figures in the movie, Harry Potter(Columbus & Heyman, 2001). There was the good, the bad and the ugly father figures. The good father figure sets you up for success in all endeavor. The bad father figure build you up to be tough against the test of time. The ugly father figure simply set you up for failures and cause as much pain and misery as possible. I never heard of Prose Edda before and I've leaned a great deal about Ragnarok from taking this course. Who would have thought that the supreme God Odin was killed in the belly of the

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