Doug, The question implies a gender-based difference of some sort, whereas Campbell and others don't seem to imply that The Hero's Journey is in any way gender-specific. In reading the materials about The Hero's Journey, it seems to me that Hero == Person.
Referring back to the summary from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth): 1. A call to adventure, which the hero has to accept or decline 2. A road of trials, regarding which the hero succeeds or fails 3. Achieving the goal or "boon", which often results in important self-knowledge 4. A return to the ordinary world, again as to which the hero can succeed or fail 5. Applying the boon, in which what the hero has gained can be used to improve the world I can't see anything whatsoever that is gender-specific in this Monomyth. And I think that's the key to both the understanding of it as it applies to human beings and its applicability and agelessness. There have been many females heroes in human history and myth whose journeys have corresponded to the mapping in The Hero's Journey. It seems to me that whoever asked the question must first ask themselves why they think "hero" == "man". When I say "my mother is one of my heroes" (which I do say), I don't think of saying "my mother is one of my heroines". The gender-ness of the concept is irrelevant to me, and generally to my listeners. I can't remember a single instance when someone has said to me "don't you mean that your mother is one of your HEROINES?" --Doc >> From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of >> douglas germann >> >> A few years ago I did a combined OS and intro for a meeting of the >> Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), in which we started talking >> about the Heroe's Journey. The question soon was asked--What about the >> Heroine's Journey? >> >> What is the Heroine's Journey, and how does it map to OS? >> >> :- Doug. Germann * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
