Hero Crossword - Unit4

Across

2. The circle path of the world’s hero stories that may include struggles, victories, and a climactic personal or cultural achievement.
11. The stage of the monomyth where a hero may meet a helpful or harmful female presence or face his/her “father” figure.
13. The hero is summoned out of the normal every day to a new world or experience that will test him/her in many ways.
14. This hero daughter saves another young girl on her journey to reunite with her father. (Tale of Oki Island)
15. The character or situation provides the hero with happiness before the journey is complete.
16. This hero journeys through a very long and dark tunnel in the hope of restoring the life of a beloved friend.
21. This Zuñi heroine answers the call to adventure because her family is starving for meat.
23. This hero-husband learns his lesson and brings back the cultural practice of the permanent tattoo.
24. The stage of the monomyth cycle where the hero may find balance or peace, the plot resolution.
27. Where is princess Leutogi from, she who risks it all to save an injured bat?
30. The circle path of the world’s hero stories that may include struggles, victories, and a climactic personal or cultural achievement.
32. This motif is sometimes a period of darkness or reflection, but always a time or space in which the hero mentally prepares for the challenges ahead.
33. This wife experiences a second death when her husband can’t help himself and looks back.
34. The wife whose cross-dressing musical performance is the means of rescuing her husband. (Russia)

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1. What item did the young hero K’o-li retrieve from the treasure mountain after the king took the yellow stone mortar?
3. At the resolution of heroes’ journeys, if they maintain the abilities gained during their quests, they can become the master of ___ _____ archetype.
4. A hero may meet the _______ child motif if he:she exhibits unusual knowledge or ability as at a very young age.
5. Which of the two old women in the Alaskan legend receives important tools from her daughter and grandson before being left behind?
6. A hero archetype that dies so his or her community or family may live or regain what was lost.
7. At the resolution of the heroes’ journeys, some of them reach a time of peace and contentment; they achieve the ____ _ ____.
8. The shortened name of the Samoan Prince who teaches his father a lesson to end cannibalism.
9. The brother who is successful in recovering the Adarna bird and healing his father.
10. This hero archetype can come to the hero in many forms, sometimes as a teacher or guide.
12. Sometimes heroes don’t accept the quest or mission that has been asked of them. Their r_____ is often temporary however.
14. Before a hero can begin his:her quest in earnest a literal or metaphoric gate, barrier, or dividing line needs to be crossed.
17. This hero’s wife will only return to her husband after the completion of some impossible tasks with seeds, rice, and trees.
18. David Leeming indicates that heroes often experience a near- ________ experience when they are an infant or young child.
19. This giant pig is beaten by two hero brothers and their mother who teaches them well.
20. Which hero’s miraculous birth involved a dream conception with an elephant?
22. A Native American hero must go on a quest to ask the Sun’s permission to marry.
25. This female character distracts or discourages the hero from the completion of his:her mission.
26. David Leeming argues that often heroes have ____________ conception & birth stories, setting them apart from others.
28. This is a moment of personal achievement, where full self knowledge and discipline has been reached.
29. What leadership position is Richard Cypher “called to” in the pilot episode of the required TV show you watched at the beginning of the unit?
31. Night What is the name of the Iroquois medicine man whose ultimate boon is his eye sight?