A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives

World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long-buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wo

Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of our time, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers.

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Joseph Campbell famously defined myth as ''other people's religion.'' But he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual throug