The Hero has a thousand faces, but are any of them female?

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So my sister (she's a high school freshman) has been learning about the classic or archetypical hero in english class this year, in order. This hero is most easily explained in Joseph Campell's Hero With a Thousand Faces which um, I have never actually read but have a pretty good grasp of the basic concepts of (weee wikipedia link).

So Deva has

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Alanna would I think. She also pretends to be a boy though. I don't know if that helps or hurts with the humble origin things. It's sort of like Fa Mulan, maybe.

I'd also consider Robin McKinley's Damar books? I think maybe Aerin more than Harry? IDK.

What about on TV? Like Xena or Buffy?

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*headesk*

OMG Buffy. I cannot believe I forgot Buffy. Buffy is like the exact archetypical hero that they made a girl just to be different.

Maybe Xena too. I forget a lot of that show even though I used to love it. I feel like she was a little anti-hero, but maybe that was just her snark.

And yeah, Mulan would count too.

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Maybe Xena too. I forget a lot of that show even though I used to love it. I feel like she was a little anti-hero, but maybe that was just her snark.
Right, that's true. Her friend Gabrielle was always good though, and she came from rough beginnings. Maybe Xena could be the father figure in that monomyth then? haha.

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But Gaby is her sidekick....

fighting with her little stick? XD

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FIGHTING WITH HER LITTLE STICKSAIS THAT SHE RANDOMLY GOT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE IN GREECE, NOT ASIA!