Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey (Joseph Campbell Foundation)
Source: https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey
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"usefulness": "The Campbell estate's own explainer of the hero's journey: the three core stages (separation, initiation, return), stated to be variations a story may include or omit rather than rigid steps. A primary-source anchor for agents that otherwise meet the hero's journey only through derived beat sheets.",
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- [sourced_fact] The page names the three stages of the hero's journey as separation (sometimes called departure), initiation and return. · locator: Opening explanation source
- [sourced_fact] The page states each stage must be present to make a hero's journey. · locator: Opening explanation source
- [sourced_fact] The three stages are called the nuclear unit of the monomyth. · locator: Campbell quotation source
- [sourced_fact] The page says the fine-grained elements are variations to be included or omitted depending on the story, rather than numbered steps. · locator: Variations paragraph source
- [sourced_fact] Page footer reserves all rights to the Foundation. · locator: Page footer source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
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