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Mythologist

Joseph Campbell

American mythologist whose The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) traced a single heroic journey through the world's myths. One essay so far.

Essays
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Death as the way life continues in The Fountain

Three men chase the same tree across the centuries. Aronofsky’s answer to the oldest story we tell is that death is how life continues.
Jan 2023