The hero gets swallowed too. He conquers the monster, again and again.

Carl Jung, Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'

What it means

Heroes are not people who never go under. They are people who refuse to stay under. The fight is not won once; it is won each time it comes back.

The source

"The hero gets swallowed too. He conquers the monster, again and again." Carl Jung said it in Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'. Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.

"Yet his heroic quality is shown only by the fact, that he does not allow himself to be finally engulfed, but conquers the monster, not once, but many times."

H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928, Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'. Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Carl Jung (1875–1961). Swiss psychiatrist who broke with Freud and founded analytical psychology. He mapped the persona, the shadow, the collective unconscious and the lifelong work of becoming yourself, which he called individuation. Our lines come only from his writings published before 1931, in our own translations from the German or in English translations of the time.

Questions

What does "The hero gets swallowed too. He conquers the monster, again and again." mean?: Heroes are not people who never go under. They are people who refuse to stay under. The fight is not won once; it is won each time it comes back.
Who said "The hero gets swallowed too. He conquers the monster, again and again."?: Carl Jung (1875–1961). Source: Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche'.
What is the original wording?: Yet his heroic quality is shown only by the fact, that he does not allow himself to be finally engulfed, but conquers the monster, not once, but many times (H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). Translated by H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928.
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"The hero gets swallowed too. He conquers the monster, again and again." (Carl Jung, Two Essays (1928), II, Part I, ch. IV 'The Attempt to Free the Individuality from the Collective Psyche', trans. H. G. and C. F. Baynes, 1928). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/the-hero-gets-swallowed-too-he-conquers-the