History Trivia / TheHeroWithAThousandFaces

* TropeNamer: for...
** TheDragon -- In addition to naming it he speculated that it was a metaphor for the hero's struggle before finally confronting the BigBad
** {{Herald}}
** TheHerosJourney -- Later refined by Christopher Vogler's "The Writer's Journey".
** RefusalOfTheCall
** SupernaturalAid

** ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': At one point, it's suggested that Rincewind, a LoveableCoward who prefers to stick at RefusalOfTheCall for as long as possible regardless of where the rest of the story is going, may represent the Hero With a Thousand Retreating Backs.

* ReferencedBy: ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' -- Jack Rakan's [[UpgradeArtifact Pactio Artifact]] is named after the Greek translation of this work's name. Ironically, the literal meaning of the name fits him, as he's an IdiotHero (ObfuscatingStupidity, though) whose Artifact consists of [[spoiler:[[SwissArmySuperpower the power to create any kind of weapon or armor that he wants]], in ''any'' quantity that his massive spiritual/magical energy reserves can sustain (which is to say, a '''[[StormOfBlades lot]]'''), and ''any'' size that he wishes (his "Warship-Cutting Sword" is practically '''[[BigFreakingSword the size of a small skyscraper]]''').]]

* ReferencedBy: ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' -- Jack Rakan's [[UpgradeArtifact Pactio Artifact]] is named after the Greek translation of this work's name. Ironically, the literal meaning of the name fits him, as he's an IdiotHero (ObfuscatingStupidity, though) whose Artifact consists of [[spoiler:[[SwissArmySuperpower the power to create any kind of weapon or armor that he wants]], in ''any'' quantity that his massive spiritual/magical energy reserves can sustain (which is to say, a '''[[StormOfBlades lot]]'''), and ''any'' size that he wishes (his "Warship-Cutting Sword" is practically '''[[BigFreakingSword the size of a small skyscraper]]''').]]

** BellyOfTheWhale -- Itself named for the story of [[Literature/TheBible Jonah]].