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28 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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Departure |
Call to adventure, refusal of the call, supernatural aid, crossing the threshold, the belly of the whale |
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Initiation |
Road of Trials, meeting with the goddess, woman as a temptress, atonement with the father, apothesis, the ultimate boon |
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Return |
Refusal of the return, magic flight, rescue from without, crossing of the return threshold, master of two worlds |
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Call to Adventure |
Departure Destiny summons the hero to leave society and enter a region of treasure and danger |
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Refusal of Call |
Departure Hero refuses call and brings disaster on himself and others |
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Supernatural Aid |
Departure Motherly/fatherly guide protects hero with powers of benign destiny |
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Crossing the Threshold |
Departure First step beyond the familiar boundaries into dangerous unknown |
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The Belly of the Whale |
Departure Transit into sphere of rebirth, symbolized by womb like belly of whale |
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Road of Trials |
Initiation Hero must survive succession of trials, aided sometimes by advice, amulets, and secret agents |
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Meeting with the Goddess |
Initiation Achieves mystical union or confrontation with queen goddess of the world, in her begnign or horrible aspects |
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Woman as Temptress |
Initiation Hero mist withstand temptations of destructive mother-bride |
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Atonement with Father |
Initiation Hero abandons self and trusts that terrible father is, in fact, begnign and merciful |
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Apothesis |
Initiation Hero becomes one with God or the universe |
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The Ultimate Boon |
Initiation Hero receives or captures key to happiness in social world |
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Refusal of the Return |
Return Hero refuses return and denies his knowledge to social world |
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Magic Flight |
Return Having won trophy, hero uses supernatural powers to achieve an otherwise dangerous return (object) |
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Rescuee from without |
Return Return requires assistance from without |
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Crossing of Return Threshold |
Return Transit from divine back to the human world |
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Master of Two Worlds |
Return Hero able to cross and re-cross world division |
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Perseus Call to Adventure |
Polydectes tells perseus to obtain medusa's head |
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Perseus Refusal |
None |
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Perseus Supernatural Aid |
Hermes, Athena, Hades |
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Perseus Crossing the Threshold |
Leaves serphos using winged sandals |
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Perseus road of trails |
The hags (graeae), the island of the gorgons, killing medusa |
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Perseus meeting with goddess |
No meeting |
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Perseus woman as temptress |
Andromeda |
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Perseus atonement with the father |
None |
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Apothesis |
None |
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