Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
who fight at their sides, advise and warn them, and sometimes challenge them. In
one of the first great stories ever recorded, the tale of Gilgamesh, the Babylonian
hero-king is linked by the gods with a mighty wild man of the forest, Enkidu, who
at first mistrusts and opposes him, but soon wins his respect and becomes his trusted
Ally. Hercules had a valuable ally in his charioteer Iolaus, an O l y m p i c champion
who cauterized the necks of the H y d r a to keep the heads from growing back after
Hercules knocked them off with his club.
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T H E W R I T E R ' S JOURNEY ~ T H I R D EDITION
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MULTIPLE ALLIES
Heroes on great epic journeys may acquire whole ship-loads of Allies, building up a
team of adventurers, each with his or her different skill. Odysseus has his shipmates
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