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Get ready to explore The Hero with a Thousand Faces  and its meaning. Our full analysis and study guide provides an even deeper dive with character analysis and quotes explained to help you discover the complexity and beauty of this book.

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Prologue: “The Monomyth”

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Part 1: “The Adventure of the Hero”, Chapter 1: “Departure”

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Part 1: “The Adventure of the Hero”, Chapter 2: “Initiation”

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Part 1: “The Adventure of the Hero”, Chapter 3: “Return”

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Part 1: “The Adventure of the Hero”

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Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”, Chapter 1: “Emanations”

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Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”, Chapter 2: “The Virgin Birth”

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Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”, Chapter 3: “Transformations of the Hero”

Part 2, Chapter 3, Sections 1-4

The Hero with a Thousand Faces  Part 2, Chapter 3, Sections 1-4 Summary & Analysis

Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”

Part 2, Chapter 3, Sections 5-8

The Hero with a Thousand Faces  Part 2, Chapter 3, Sections 5-8 Summary & Analysis

Part 2: “The Cosmogonic Cycle”, Chapter 4: “Dissolutions”

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Epilogue: “Myth and Society”

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