Myth Resources: a Database of All Things Mythological
Archive / Collection / Campbell / Resource
In The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell famously wrote, “The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue,...
Books for adults / College / Education / Resource
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...
Synopsis: This examination of the heroic journey in world mythology casts the protagonist as a personification of nature–a “botanical hero” one might say–who begins the quest in a metaphorical seed-like state, then sprouts into...
Journal / Magazine / Publications: Other / Resource
Immanence is a twice-a-year publication with articles, poetry, fiction, and art that encourages optimistic, positive, and realistic engagement in our world by re-telling myth, story, legend, and folklore in new ways. It was founded in...
Save the Date for the second event in a series of Mythological Studies Tours, an unforgettable trip that will take you to marvelous sites in Northern France, following the footsteps of none other than Joseph Campbell, in...
FINDING YOUR BLISS AND MYTHOLOGY IN THE MODERN AGE WITH ROBERT WALTER OF THE JOSEPH CAMPBELL FOUNDATION LIVE TUESDAY OCT 16TH AT 8PM CST Join the Dudes n Beer podcast Tuesday night October 16th...
College / Education / Resource
“The Centre for Myth Studies, which is administratively located within The Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies (PPS) at the University of Essex, was established in 2008. The Centre provides a forum for those working on myth...
Archive / Collection / College / Education / Resource
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...
Article / Essay / Blog Post / Audio / College / Education / High School / Resource / Video / Film
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,...
College / Education / High School / Resource
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...
