{"id":3978,"date":"2019-11-20T21:50:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T01:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2022-03-11T14:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T18:49:25","slug":"meeting-with-the-goddess-heros-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/meeting-with-the-goddess-heros-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with the Goddess: The Hero&#8217;s Journey, Stage 7 (Explained)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is stage 7 of Joseph Campbell&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/heros-journey-examples\/\">hero&#8217;s journey<\/a>? What does the &#8220;meeting with the goddess&#8221; signify?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting with the goddess is the stage of the hero&#8217;s journey when the hero encounters the goddess, the mother figure who <strong>is the epitome of beauty and represents the feminine ideal in all its aspects<\/strong>. The meeting with the goddess is stage 7 of Joseph Campbell&#8217;s hero&#8217;s journey, from <em>The Hero with a Thousand Faces<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ll cover what the meeting with the goddess entails and look at an example of a hero meeting with the goddess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Connection with Our Subconscious<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Removed from the confines of their safe and familiar world, the mythological hero now confronts a land of symbolic and allegorical figures\u2014according to the psychoanalysts, the same imagery we see in our dreams. Just as the images are instrumental in helping the hero achieve their transformation, they are also <strong>puzzles that each of us must unlock in order to understand what our subconscious is trying to tell us.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stage 6: <strong>The <\/strong>Meeting with the Goddess<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In mythology,<strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-the-heros-journey\/\">hero\u2019s journey<\/a> often requires entering the underworld or the land of the dead<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ultimate adventure often comes through the marriage of the hero to the goddess. <strong>The goddess is the epitome of beauty and represents the feminine ideal in all its aspects<\/strong>\u2014mother, sister, mistress, and bride. She is the ultimate hope for the hero, assuring him that he will be returned to the blissful world he knew before the journey. This is the classic maternal goddess figure, the \u201cgood\u201d mother. This is the meeting with the goddess.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, the goddess assumes both forms of good mother and bad mother (stage 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/woman-as-temptress-heros-journey\/\">woman as temptress<\/a>)\u2014either a decrepit hag who transforms into a beautiful maiden, or vice versa. Only the truly perceptive hero can fully discover the mysterious nature of womankind when meeting with the goddess. The hero who can show her the right type of kindness is the one truly worthy of being king or even reincarnated God.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meeting with the Goddess Example: <strong>Niall<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In an ancient legend of Ireland, five brother princes separately come across an ugly old woman at the bottom of a well. This is the stage of meeting with the goddess. Looking for water to drink, each brother, in turn, asks her if they can drink from her well. 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