Every generation manages to find their way toward the mythologies of the past. In early 2019, award-winning storyteller and puppeteer Usha Venkatraman founded the Mumbai Storytellers Society for a group of tellers who wanted to revive the ancient oral tradition of storytelling in the community. It's also when she started...

Have you ever wondered why people love hero stories so much? The Hero's Guidebook will tell you the secret reason we find heroes so exciting and inspirational! Humorously illustrated with over 40 cartoons by the author, this book takes readers through the stages of the Hero's Journey using examples from...

Interested in exploring the Hero’s Journey™️ in the World of Minecraft®? Microsoft has added a Hero’s Journey™️ adventure map. Find numerous puzzles, levels, and activities at studio.code.org/hero.  

This classroom game, based on concepts from the Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell as presented in his groundbreaking book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, asks students to create their own hero quest. In groups of two, students will create an original hero quest and then play it out. Students...

Synopsis: This examination of myths from around the world focuses on the role nature plays within mythology. Creation myths from myriad cultures recognized that life arose from natural elements, inextricably connecting human life to the natural world. Nature as portrayed in myth is unpredictable and destructive but also redemptive, providing...

Although the courser doesn't appear to be offered currently, we came across this interesting application of the Hero's Journey to the orientation of college freshmen. "At California State University, Fresno, all incoming students take a full-semester, three-unit course that includes topics on academic preparation but also focuses on issues and...

Our Mission The mission of OPUS Archives and Research Center is to preserve, develop and extend to the world the archival collections and libraries of eminent scholars in the fields of depth psychology, mythology and the humanities. OPUS is a “living archive” and offers scholarships, research grants, educational programs, community...

Amid the rattling of cultural institutions and radical changes in nature, it may be time to turn again to valuable traditional methods of cultural healing and individual mentoring. Shaping new forms from separate, estranged, or even broken pieces is a dynamic remedy for the personal isolation and spiritual dislocation that...

Boss Level uses the idea of “leveling up” a character in an video game to show teens and young adults HOW to HACK life’s greatest QUEST: their CAREER. Many teens are uniformed about HOW to make it as an adult once they leave their HOME and accept their CALL TO...

This is a hand-made high school textbook created from 1998-2004 for a senior elective in World Mythology. There is no license or restriction - feel free to use, remix, etc. Here is an abridged table of contents: Part One: Creation Stories (Cosmogonies) Hebrew Zuñi Pelasgian Greek Australian Haudenosaunee Norse Chinese...

Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, Classical Mythology, Eighth Edition, is the most comprehensive survey of classical mythology available in one volume. Featuring the authors' clear and extensive translations of original sources, it brings to life the myths and legends of Greece and Rome in a lucid and...

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Dr. Boyd is an artist who furthered her education by getting a doctorate in anthropolgy so her views on the rock art on the Lower Pecos River would be taken seriously. She has recently uncovered evidence that has led her to discovering that one of the sites is a composition...

An environment to explore the classic mythical story structure and to create your own stories.The Hero's Journey is a project of the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction (MCLI) and the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute.The purpose of this web site is to create an environment where anyone can...

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Sky Mountain is a nonprofit center devoted to healing and the creative arts that offers a certificate in Expressive Arts Therapy.

The importance of such classical authors as Ovid to the art, music, and literature of western civilization is legendary, yet many are not familiar with the original works that have provided this inspiration. The University of Vermont's rare book department contains an extensive collection of illustrated works of Ovid. Included...

The Radical Academy is a project of The Center for Applied Philosophy offering Resources in Ancient, Medieval, Modern, & Contemporary Thought.