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Tables of Contents for The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures
xi
List of Plates
xvi
Preface to the 1949 Edition
xxi
Introduction to the 2004 Commemorative Edition, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ph.D.
xxiii
Acknowledgments
lxvi
PROLOGUE: The Monomyth
1
44
1. Myth and Dream
3
20
2. Tragedy and Comedy
23
5
3. The Hero and the God
28
9
4. The World Navel
37
8
PART ONE The Adventure of the Hero
CHAPTER I: Departure
45
44
1. The Call to Adventure
45
9
2. Refusal of the Call
54
9
3. Supernatural Aid
63
8
4. The Crossing of the First Threshold
71
12
5. The Belly of the Whale
83
6
CHAPTER II: Initiation
89
90
1. The Road of Trials
89
11
2. The Meeting with the Goddess
100
11
3. Woman as the Temptress
111
5
4. Atonement with the Father
116
22
5. Apotheosis
138
21
6. The Ultimate Boon
159
20
CHAPTER III: Return
179
48
1. Refusal of the Return
179
3
2. The Magic Flight
182
10
3. Rescue from Without
192
9
4. The Crossing of the Return Threshold
201
11
5. Master of the Two Worlds
212
9
6. Freedom to Live
221
6
CHAPTER IV: The Keys
227
10
PART TWO The Cosmogonic Cycle
CHAPTER I: Emanations
237
38
1. From Psychology to Metaphysics
237
5
2. The Universal Round
242
7
3. Out of the Void-Space
249
4
4. Within Space-Life
253
8
5. The Breaking of the One into the Manifold
261
7
6. Folk Stories of Creation
268
7
CHAPTER II: The Virgin Birth
275
16
1. Mother Universe
275
5
2. Matrix of Destiny
280
5
3. Womb of Redemption
285
3
4. Folk Stories of Virgin Motherhood
288
3
CHAPTER III: Transformations of the Hero
291
46
1. The Primordial Hero and the Human
291
4
2. Childhood of the Human Hero
295
14
3. The Hero as Warrior
309
7
4. The Hero as Lover
316
3
5. The Hero as Emperor and as Tyrant
319
3
6. The Hero as World Redeemer
322
5
7. The Hero as Saint
327
2
8. Departure of the Hero
329
8
CHAPTER IV: Dissolutions
337
14
1. End of the Microcosm
337
8
2. End of the Macrocosm
345
6
EPILOGUE: Myth and Society
351
12
1. The Shapeshifter
353
1
2. The Function of Myth, Cult, and Meditation
354
4
3. The Hero Today
358
5
Bibliography
363
20
Index
383