The Hero with a Thousand Faces

14 hrs. 6 min.

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Language Russian

Author Joseph Campbell

Narrators Alexey Bagdasarov, Marina Lisovets, Oleg Bulgak

Narrator Alexey Bagdasarov

Narrator Marina Lisovets

Narrator Oleg Bulgak

Description

Since its release, this legendary book has sold in million copies worldwide. Joseph Campbell, the best-known anthropologist and comparative psychologist, describes in this book the hero’s journey, examines the universal motif of adventure and transformation reflected in world mythological tradition. After the release of Star Wars in the late 1970s, George Lucas stated that the film was based on ideas described in “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” and other Campbell books.