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edricarica · 3216 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski, do you know of any good books on European folklore?
The American writer Joseph Campbell spent his career studying European mythology and coming up with theories about it. We read The Hero with a Thousand Faces at film school. It was given to us as the classic guide to the hero archetype. It's been influential on screenwriting, and on the film industry in general (George Lucas used it to base the original Star Wars trilogy on, for example). I'm not sure if it's quite what you're looking for, though. I'll see what else I can dredge up from Narrative 101 ;)