The Stages of Joseph Campbell's Heroic Journey Theory in Kurdish Legend

Abstract

legend are ancient stories after the mythological period, that were common among all nations of the world, before the advent of new forms of narrative. Reading legends sheds light on many civilization, social and cultural conditions of nations. The Kurds, being one of the oldest nations in the region, have an inexhaustible heritage of legend. In the present research, according to Joseph Campbell's theory of the “hero's journey”, has been work on Kurdish legends with a more accurate definition and understanding than has ever existed among a significant part of Kurdish researchers. In this article, while using the term legend in its true sense, which includes stories of the prehistoric era, and at same time highlighting the differences with "myth", which although the home of legends, but never the analogue of the word; This is reflected in the meanings that each of the two terms carries. The stages of the hero’s journey are shown in two examples of legends, this global model is largely consistent with Kurdish legend.