According to [Joseph] Campbell, “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.”
Text from: “Hero’s Journey; Hero’s Adventure.” A/V A to Z: An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Media, Entertainment and Other Audiovisual Terms, by Richard W. Kroon, 1st ed., McFarland, 2014. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6MzUwOTE0Nw==?aid=95497.
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In many stories, both myths and folk-tales, tricksters were morally neutral: their quick-wittedness was simply an attribute like physical strength or artistic ability, and other people expected and accepted it without overmuch admiration or condemnation.
Text from: “Tricksters.” Bloomsbury Dictionary of Myth, by Kenneth McLeish, 1st ed., Bloomsbury, 1996. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6OTg0MDgz?aid=95497.
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