MonoMyth.org

Joseph Campbell developed the following model in his classic book
Hero with a Thousand Faces

How to Find a MonoMyth in a Story, Novel, Movie:

Guidelines to the MonoMyth

1. The Circle starts at the Top and moves Counter Clockwise (Sacred/Mythic/Inner Time does not go the way of the “normal world.”)
2. The top of the Circle represents the Consciousness (both of the Hero and the Hero’s World which are synonymous) and thus the realm of light, knowable, comfortable, normal but there is always something amiss. To deal with this problem, that which can cause integration can only lie in the other “magical” world (the Unconscious.)
3. The bottom of the Circle represents the Unconscious. This is the realm the Hero is unfamiliar with and where the Hero has something to learn. Here is where the Hero will also fail. Only once the Hero fails does the Hero have a transformation (in the Stage of the Ordeal.) Once this transformation is complete, a gift (the Boon) is brought back to the Village to heal the schism between the Two Worlds.
4. This is a form, not a formula. Your stages can be in different order than presented or some scenes can have elements of two or more stages (especially if well done.)
5. Most Myths have heavy themes of Social Un-Learning (usually symbolized in the Egotism of The Village or Hero.) That is to say the first step to manifesting your own Hero’s Journey is to turn inward and as Campbell put it “Follow your Bliss” or that which resonates with you.

For more guidelines on reading myth, see Joseph Campbell’s 10 Commandments for Reading Myth.