... , engaging in life threatening activities to attain the desired end and returns, or is brought back, enriched to the ordinary reality. The hero's adventure starts with a call, "the awaking of the self" (Underhill in Campbell 1973:51). The quest is ultimately "inward - into depths where obscure resistances are overcome, and long lost, forgotten powers are revivified, to be made ... honor", which "is gained through engagement in life-threatening activities [where] heroes value honor above life" and "honor is determined by the courage he [the hero] displays, the difficulty of the test he fa...

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