Comments on: Joseph Campbell: The Hero’s Journey http://journeytothesea.com/campbell-hero/ an online magazine devoted to the study of myth Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:23:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Randy Hoyt http://journeytothesea.com/campbell-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-1187 Randy Hoyt Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:13:03 +0000 http://journeytothesea.com/?p=491#comment-1187 <p>Thanks for the comment! I'm not entirely sure I understand your question. This article describes what Joseph Campbell believed to be the four essential functions of myth. Everything I have <em>read</em> by Campbell refers to the fourth function as "psychological." (The first chapter of <em>Pathways to Bliss</em>, which is drawn from two talks he gave in 1967 and 1968, refers to it this way.) I have seen many lists of Campbell's four functions that refer to the fourth as "pedagogical," but when they describe that function they mean the same thing as the "psychological" function:</p> <blockquote><p>The myth must carry the individual through the stages of life, from birth through maturity through senility to death. (<em>Bliss</em> 9)</p></blockquote> <p>When you say that the pedagogical and psychological functions are not the same, what exactly do you mean? Do you mean that <em>Campbell</em> used them differently? Or do you mean that other theorists use these terms differently? What would you say the pedagogical function of myth is? the psychological function?</p> Thanks for the comment! I’m not entirely sure I understand your question. This article describes what Joseph Campbell believed to be the four essential functions of myth. Everything I have read by Campbell refers to the fourth function as “psychological.” (The first chapter of Pathways to Bliss, which is drawn from two talks he gave in 1967 and 1968, refers to it this way.) I have seen many lists of Campbell’s four functions that refer to the fourth as “pedagogical,” but when they describe that function they mean the same thing as the “psychological” function:

The myth must carry the individual through the stages of life, from birth through maturity through senility to death. (Bliss 9)

When you say that the pedagogical and psychological functions are not the same, what exactly do you mean? Do you mean that Campbell used them differently? Or do you mean that other theorists use these terms differently? What would you say the pedagogical function of myth is? the psychological function?

]]> By: MulHolland http://journeytothesea.com/campbell-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 MulHolland Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:39:54 +0000 http://journeytothesea.com/?p=491#comment-1186 <p>when did the change from pedagogical to psychological occur? They are not the same and I wonder why one is replaced when a fifth could have been added.</p> when did the change from pedagogical to psychological occur? They are not the same and I wonder why one is replaced when a fifth could have been added.

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