A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives

Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of our time, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers.

World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long-buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wo

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Describes how the protagonists of folklore and religion enact simultaneously the various phases of their common story and relates their timeless symbols to thos