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)
Down
- 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?