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noun
A story element which represents the final separation from a hero's known world and self.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Belly of the Whale.
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Usage: alt-of
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History
Coined by Joseph Campbell in 1949. Probably an allusion to the book of Jonah in the Bible, in which Jonah was swallowed by a great fish.
