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  • noun mythology a cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero

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  • There's quite a lengthy discussion on Wikipedia about the monomyth, its components and variations.

    December 24, 2012

  • A device to decipher a story with,

    To break through the shell into the pith,

    Is to look for signs

    That the plot aligns

    To the classical course of the monomyth.

    June 16, 2014