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== Stories and myths == | == Stories and myths == | ||
| + | * [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] - changing size, access, direction and word play | ||
| + | * [[The Pilgrim's Progress]] - burdens, paths and gates in Bunyan's Christian allegory | ||
| + | * [[The Odyssey]] - voyages, restraint, homecoming and recognition | ||
* [[Pied Piper]] | * [[Pied Piper]] | ||
* [[The Sleeping Beauty]] | * [[The Sleeping Beauty]] | ||
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* [[Death and Renewal in Myth and Metaphor]] | * [[Death and Renewal in Myth and Metaphor]] | ||
* [[The Trickster: Boundaries, Reversals and Disruption]] | * [[The Trickster: Boundaries, Reversals and Disruption]] | ||
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| + | == Campbell stories and images == | ||
| + | Start with [[Joseph Campbell: Reading and Listening Guide]] for the complete collection and its primary sources. | ||
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| + | * [[The Grail Quest and the Wasteland]] | ||
| + | * [[Dragons, Treasure and the Thou Shalt]] | ||
| + | * [[The Tiger Raised by Goats]] | ||
| + | * [[Indra and the Parade of Ants]] | ||
| + | * [[Love, Marriage and Sacred Union]] | ||
| + | * [[The Goddess in Joseph Campbell's Interpretation of Myth]] | ||
| + | * [[Sacrifice, Surrender and Transformation]] | ||
| + | * [[Serpents in Myth: Renewal, Knowledge and Danger]] | ||
== Literary and personal interpretation == | == Literary and personal interpretation == | ||
Latest revision as of 15:37, 9 October 2026
Browse story summaries, literary works and mythology. Each article identifies its source or version where available.
Stories and myths
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - changing size, access, direction and word play
- The Pilgrim's Progress - burdens, paths and gates in Bunyan's Christian allegory
- The Odyssey - voyages, restraint, homecoming and recognition
- Pied Piper
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Beowulf
- St George and The Dragon
- Beauty and The Beast
- Peter Pan
- Mahabharata
- Theseus and the Minotaur
- Sisyphus
- Rapunzel
- Hansel and Gretel
- Bluebeard
- The Company of Wolves
- Paperhouse
- Moby Dick
- Frankenstein
- Dracula
- Faust and The Deal with The Devil
- The Golem
Collections
- The Canterbury Tales - an introduction and links to the individual tales
- The Muse
- Scapegoat
- Apocalypse
- Babies in Baskets Floating Down Rivers
- Pachisi
- The Ontological Argument
- The Egyptian Archetypes in The Wizard of Oz
- Chess
- Atlantis
Reading and interpretation
- Narrative and Interpretation - narrator, audience, the order of disclosure and different ways of reading character
- Metaphor in Literature and Creativity - figurative language in context and research on readers' responses
- The Hero's Journey - a comparative framework and its limits
- Metaphor Research Library - free books, research and historical texts
Campbell and comparative mythology
- Myth as Metaphor: Joseph Campbell's Approach
- Joseph Campbell's Four Functions of Myth
- Comparative Mythology: Methods, Evidence and Limitations
- Rites of Passage, Liminality and Thresholds
- Descent into the Underworld
- Death and Renewal in Myth and Metaphor
- The Trickster: Boundaries, Reversals and Disruption
Campbell stories and images
Start with Joseph Campbell: Reading and Listening Guide for the complete collection and its primary sources.
- The Grail Quest and the Wasteland
- Dragons, Treasure and the Thou Shalt
- The Tiger Raised by Goats
- Indra and the Parade of Ants
- Love, Marriage and Sacred Union
- The Goddess in Joseph Campbell's Interpretation of Myth
- Sacrifice, Surrender and Transformation
- Serpents in Myth: Renewal, Knowledge and Danger
Literary and personal interpretation
- Metaphor in Poetry: Close Reading and Interpretation
- Numbers, Pattern and Symbolism in Literature
- Dreams, Metaphor and Interpretation
- Metaphor and Personal Narratives
Browse further
Subject index | People and authors | All stories and literature