Beyond the Sword Maiden: A Storyteller's Introduction to the Heroine's Journey

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Beyond the Sword Maiden: A Storyteller's Introduction to the Heroine's Journey

Beyond the Sword Maiden: A Storyteller's Introduction to the Heroine's Journey

2018-02-20 Beyond the Sword Maiden: A Storyteller's Introduction to the Heroine's Journey

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This book is a much-needed addition to any storyteller's resource library."   ---Csenge Virág Zalka, storyteller, author of Tales of Superhuman Powers and Dancing on Blades   . "All too often both traditional storytellers and the media regard the Hero's Journey as the "one true recipe for a good story." In this well-researched and clearly written book, Dorothy Cleveland and Barbara Schutzgruber prove that there are other kinds of stories that are just as essential to the human experience: tales of survival and transformation that we may encounter at any point in o

A much-needed addition to any storyteller's resource library."  . " In this well-researched and clearly written book, Dorothy Cleveland and Barbara Schutzgruber provide stories that are essential to the human experience: tales of survival and transformation that we may encounter at any point in our lives. With deep knowledge and personal honesty, they trace story origins … from the oldest folktales to life in the 21st century