#WritersCoffeeClub 9/8. The Hero's Journey is garbage. Discuss.
I don't need to discuss it, the referenced article is sufficient, and far more informed than I could ever be.
The majority of folklorists hate it. It's utter bollocks.
But tl;dr:
It's racist/sexist shit. Campbell grabbed a bunch of tropes and rammed them together in a way that didn't even fit his own examples.
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/12/31/the-heros-journey-is-nonsense/
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