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by IAmBroom 11 hours ago
That's for the best, but I usually hear him quoted in the context of storytelling. His popularity definitely makes him relevant there, but I think he also started with real insight about hero-quest stories.

Beowulf and Episode IV – A New Hope may not have much direct bearing on any given person's pubescent path, aside from media consumption, but within it: much.

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Joseph Campbell is not taken seriously within folkloristics, either. Again, purely pop-sci phenomenon.