• FenrirIII@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Read “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” by Joseph Campbell. Myths repeat through cultures and influence every story that follows. We’re constantly recycling

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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      Campbell’s work is valuable and interesting, but I like it better as a lens for modern media rather than as some grand unified theory of human culture.