monomyth

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monomyth

Summary

monomyth is a concept[1]. monomyth ranks in the top 0.99% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,559 views/month, #9 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • monomyth is credited with the discovery of Adolf Bastian[3].
  • monomyth is credited with the discovery of Otto Rank[4].
  • monomyth is credited with the discovery of Carl Jung[5].
  • monomyth is credited with the discovery of FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan[6].
  • monomyth is credited with the discovery of Paul Radin[7].
  • monomyth is credited with the discovery of Joseph Campbell[8].
  • monomyth's instance of is recorded as concept[9].
  • monomyth's instance of is recorded as Jungian archetype[10].
  • monomyth's instance of is recorded as plot type[11].
  • monomyth's subclass of is recorded as story arc[12].
  • monomyth's Commons category is recorded as Monomyth[13].
  • monomyth's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ny3r[14].
  • monomyth's described by source is recorded as Psychology of the Unconscious[15].
  • monomyth's described by source is recorded as The Hero with a Thousand Faces[16].
  • monomyth's described by source is recorded as The Origins and History of Consciousness[17].
  • monomyth's described by source is recorded as The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers[18].
  • monomyth's partially coincident with is recorded as Kishu ryūritan[19].
  • monomyth's Quora topic ID is recorded as Monomyth[20].
  • monomyth's Quora topic ID is recorded as The-Heros-Journey-1[21].
  • monomyth's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as monomyth[22].
  • monomyth's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-4860[23].
  • monomyth's schematic is recorded as Heroesjourney.svg[24].
  • monomyth's schematic is recorded as Heroesjourney-eo.svg[25].
  • monomyth's schematic is recorded as Heroesjourney-es.svg[26].
  • monomyth's schematic is recorded as Heroesjourney-fr.svg[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Adolf Bastian[3], an anthropologist[28], 1826–1905[29], of Bremen[30], awarded the Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class[31], specialised in ethnography[32]; Otto Rank[4], a psychologist[33], 1884–1939[34], of Austria[35], specialised in psychoanalysis[36]; Carl Jung[5], a psychotherapist[37], 1875–1961[38], of Switzerland[39], awarded the honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta[40], specialised in psychiatry[41]; FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan[6], a beekeeper[42], 1885–1964[43], of United Kingdom[44]; Paul Radin[7], an anthropologist[45], 1883–1959[46], of United States[47], specialised in anthropology[48]; and Joseph Campbell[8], a mythologist[49], 1904–1987[50], of United States[51], specialised in comparative mythology[52].

Why It Matters

monomyth ranks in the top 0.99% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,559 views/month, #9 of 912).[2] monomyth has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] monomyth is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  22. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  23. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  25. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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