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Nouri H, Gholizadeh H, Pashaie Mehtarlu M. (2026). Meeting with the Goddess in the World’s Renowned Epics Based on Campbell’s Theory. JIM. 17(2), 75-95.
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Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan
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“Meeting with the Goddess” is one of the most significant stages in Campbell’s seventeen-stage monomyth and represents one of the hero’s most distinguished stations within the inner spiritual journey—a station that heroes of tales, legends, and epics attain only after traversing the most arduous ordeals. Employing a library-based method, the present study examines this stage across the world’s most renowned epics—including Gilgamesh, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, the Iliad and Odyssey, Virgil’s Aeneid, the Nibelungenlied, and Dante’s Divine Comedy—which, in most of their events, share a linear narrative structure and a singular hero, analyzing these epics in light of one another. The study concludes that none of these epics is confined to external, surface-level events; rather, through symbolic language, each conveys foundational mystical concepts. Across all these epics, the shared emphasis is that if a qualified individual refuses to be content with the trivialities of a lowly existence and instead prepares for spiritual elevation and inner perfection, he will, aided by the divine assistance embedded within his own being, begin to advance. After enduring hardships and passing through crises—much like the mystic wayfarer (sālik)—he will experience, in accordance with his own capacity and perception, a manifestation of that divine truth and authentic life, appearing before him in the form of a beautiful goddess.
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عرفان و روانشناسی
Received: 2025/07/21 | Accepted: 2025/09/6 | Published: 2026/07/28
Received: 2025/07/21 | Accepted: 2025/09/6 | Published: 2026/07/28
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