"The Hero: Mythic Narrative and the Act of Storytelling"

We are different from most other species on Earth because we are capable of symbolic thought, and from the very beginning, we've expressed these thoughts to each other through the telling of stories. What do these myths, sagas, and tales tell us about ourselves, and what are we to make of that ever-present figure that pops up in every single one of them: the Hero? Stay tuned.