Structural Archetypes: Difference between revisions

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== Hero and Outlaw ==

Walker's first five archetypes detail different sections of [[~~The~~ Hero's Journey]], with a different focus for each archetype.

Walker's first five archetypes detail different sections of [[Hero's Journey]], with a different focus for each archetype.

== The Hero Myth ==

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=== The Hero Myth ===

We've got this over at [[~~The~~ Hero's Journey]], I think. Walker divvies the story up into ''The Provincial World'', ''The Magical World of Journey'', and ''The Return World'' (the same as ''The Provincial World'', only now the glorified Hero has the power to "restore order and guide it into the future"). These three worlds correspond to the three-act structure so common in movies today, with the central act/world being twice as large, twice as detailed, as either of the others. And it's in ''The Magical World of Journey'' that the hero "is challenged, purged, dies, and is reborn."

We've got this over at [[Hero's Journey]], I think. Walker divvies the story up into ''The Provincial World'', ''The Magical World of Journey'', and ''The Return World'' (the same as ''The Provincial World'', only now the glorified Hero has the power to "restore order and guide it into the future"). These three worlds correspond to the three-act structure so common in movies today, with the central act/world being twice as large, twice as detailed, as either of the others. And it's in ''The Magical World of Journey'' that the hero "is challenged, purged, dies, and is reborn."

In a version of the "phases of transformation" from Carol Pearson's ''The Hero Within'', Walker describes the steps thusly: Orphan, Wanderer, Warrior, Innocent/Apprentice, Magician, Wizard. Then he goes on to indicate the steps of the journey itself: