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| The search for someone/something of great importance |
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| The superhuman feat the hero must accomplish in order to complete the quest |
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| Sends the hero in search of someone/something |
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| When the hero rises to maturity |
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| Ceremony that brings hero into the real world |
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| Descent from a high to a low state of being |
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| Someone/something that dies and is reborn into something different |
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| Nature Vs. Mechanistic World |
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Nature= good, orderly
Mechanistic= bad, disorderly |
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| Battle Between Good and Evil |
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| Self explanatory, good always wins |
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| An injury resulting in loss of innocence or purity; usu. results in permanent damage |
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| What the hero uses to fight evil |
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Water = life
Desert = death |
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| Mountains and high places said to house gods, low places/ earth's core houses demons and bad stuff |
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| A place of safety and rest where the hero and his party can stop and prepare for their final push towards defeating the bad guys |
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| Supernatural Intervention |
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| Gods intervene to help the hero |
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Fire = passion/life
Ice = death/ignorance |
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| He who fulfills quest, fights evil |
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| Young person from the provinces |
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| Young person taken form family, usu. becomes hero |
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| The young person/people who are to endure training |
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| Separation in childhood creates tension as men, often one of them is the bad guy |
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| Hunting Group of Companions |
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| Loyal friends who go along on the quest |
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| Friends who protect the hero throughout his journey |
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| A friendly creature that helps the hero |
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| Evil Figure w/ Ultimately good heart |
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| The redeemable devil figure |
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| Usually used to distract the hero from his quest |
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| Innate Wisdom vs. Educated Stupidity |
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| Some characters are wise without education, others with education tend to be fools |
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| Banished from society from a crime |
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| Symbol of fertility; wise |
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| Tempts hero, characterized by physical beauty |
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| Somebody who shares an intellectual connection with the hero |
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| Vulnerable woman who must be saved tome and time agian |
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