# Joseph Campbell and the Hero's Journey (Joseph Campbell Foundation)

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- categories: T01 · tags: level:beginner, kind:rights-holder-explainer, task:story-structure, task:hero-journey
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:21.179Z
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Source: https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey

Truby and Syd Field official landing pages were read and held no free method text (see coverage.excluded). Save the Cat and McKee already exist as seed records.

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Evidence claims:
- [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: https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey
- [sourced_fact] The page states each stage must be present to make a hero's journey. · locator: Opening explanation · source: https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey
- [sourced_fact] The three stages are called the nuclear unit of the monomyth. · locator: Campbell quotation · source: https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey
- [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: https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey
- [sourced_fact] Page footer reserves all rights to the Foundation. · locator: Page footer · source: https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey
- [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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- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Footer: 'All Rights Reserved'. No reuse terms read. Quote briefly. · evidence: https://www.jcf.org/learn/joseph-campbell-heros-journey

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