Hero Journeys

Odysseus's legendary 10-year journey home from the Trojan War, facing monsters, gods, and temptations along the way.

Jason and the Argonauts' epic voyage aboard the Argo to retrieve the Golden Fleece from Colchis, facing countless dangers and adventures.

Heracles's legendary twelve labors, assigned as penance for killing his family in a madness sent by Hera. These tasks took him across the known world and into the realm of the gods.

Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, loses his beloved friend Enkidu and journeys to the ends of the earth seeking the secret of eternal life from Utnapishtim, the flood survivor.

The Hero Twins descend into the Maya underworld of Xibalba, surviving deadly houses and ballcourt trials to avenge their father and defeat the lords of death.

Maui sails with his brothers, baits his ancestral hook Manaiakalani, and hauls a great fish from the deep — land that becomes islands when the brothers carve it too soon.