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I highly recommend this book by writer and academic Joseph Campbell: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Fac... (1949). It’s a fascinating study of comparative mythology from cultures around the world. Joseph Campbell died in 1987, but some of his recorded lectures are available online, which I also recommend.



And these books cover the other half of humanity that Joseph Campbell somehow missed:

The Heroine with 1001 Faces, by Maria Tatar

Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

If Women Rose Rooted: A Life-Changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging, by Sharon Blackie




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