Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) is one of the more well-known mythographers, who formalized the descriptions of various myth cycles into some fairly consistent patterns.  He wrote a 4-volume series ( ''Masks of God'' ) detailing the histories of 3 major cultural areas and the overview of them (volumn 4 is the weakest, being that overview/synthesis).
GeorgeLucas used his work as the basis for the plot line(s) in the StarWars movie series.

Works:
	* ''The Hero with a Thousand Faces''
	* ''Masks of God''
	* "The Power of Myth" PBS TV Series (with Bill Moyers, http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/moyers.html)
	* ''Inner Reaches of Outer Space; Metaphor as Myth and as Religion'', his last book.
	* Audio and video recordings of his lectures are available

Biographical information is available here: http://www.jcf.org/about_jc.php

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