While reading your post, @honeydue, I remembered many books, movies that reproduce the archetypal stories that you have very well posed and exemplified. He also remembered the famous poem Ithaca by the Alexandrian poet Constantine Cavafis. In it we see how every hero must go out, fight, fight, have a change, and then return full of glory. The Cyclops, the Lestrigons and the ferocity of the god Poseidon will not appear in your path if you maintain a "high thought", assures Cavafis; the dangers will only arise if you carry them inside, if your soul puts them in front of you. With these words, the poet reminds us that on many occasions the demons are within us, and that the physical journey can also be an inner journey, inner monsters that we must overcome. As always, interesting post. Thank you for sharing.