Monomyth
![The twelve stages of the hero's journey monomyth following the summary by Christopher Vogler (originally compiled in 1985 as a Disney studio memo):
1. The Ordinary World,
2. The Call to Adventure,
3. Refusal of the Call,
4. Meeting with the Mentor,
5. Crossing the Threshold to the](/Images/godic/202501/04/Heroesjourney.svg1355.png")
In narratology and comparative mythology, the monomyth, or the hero's journey, is the common template of a broad category of tales that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, and in a decisive crisis wins a victory, and then comes home changed or transformed.