Joseph Campbell recognized a basic pattern in many of those narratives and has named those necessary stages to this journey:
Separation and departure from the safe haven of home or childhood,
Initiation,
The Fight or the underworld,
Return and reintegration.
To accomplish his quest, the hero will need to call on his own strengths. These qualities are represented as companions with different qualities. Heroes are almost always the most unlikely person possible.
Reference: stOttilien. (2013). Jungian Archetype Checklist for Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. [online]
