Myths to Live By

1972 book by Joseph Campbell

Myths to Live By

Cover of the first edition

Author| Joseph Campbell
Language| English
Subject| Mythology
Published| 1972 (Viking)
Publication place| United States
Pages| 287 (1973 Bantam edition)
ISBN| 978-0140194616

Myths to Live By is a 1972 book, a collection of essays, originally given as lectures at the Cooper Union Forum, by mythologist Joseph Campbell between 1958 and 1971. The work has an introduction by Johnson E. Fairchild.

The deep power of myth on the inner, spiritual lives of human beings throughout the ages (including our own age) is the common theme running throughout all the essays in the collection. Campbell explains the differences between western and oriental myths and rites. He shows how fundamental universal thoughts are adapted to local requirements of legitimation. A typical form of adaptationof the hero is the American image of the lone rider who dispels evil.[1]

## Publication history

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* Viking Press, New York, 1972, ISBN 978-0-14-019461-6
* Paladin Press, London, 1985, ISBN 978-0-586-08528-8
* Bantam Books, New York, 1988, ISBN 978-0-553-27088-4
* Penguin Books, Australia, 1993, ISBN 978-0-14-019461-6
* Souvenir Press, London, 2000, ISBN 978-0-285-64731-2
* Joseph Campbell Foundation, 2011, (ebook) ISBN 978-1-61178-000-0

## References

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1. ^ Edition London 1985, p. 193.

## External links

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* Summary from the Joseph Campbell Foundation

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Books|

* A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake (1944)
* The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
* Creative Mythology (1968)
* The Flight of the Wild Gander (1968)
* Myths to Live By (1972)
* Historical Atlas of World Mythology (1983–1989)
* The Inner Reaches of Outer Space (1986)
* The Power of Myth (1988)
* The Hero's Journey (1990)
* Thou Art That (2001)

Video/DVDs|

* Mythos (1997/1998/2011)

See also|

* Hero's journey
* The Hero's Journey
* Joseph Campbell Foundation
* Jean Erdman

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