In class, we shortly discussed who Siddhartha’s supernatural aid was. Govinda could have been his supernatural aid as he encouraged him to go on his journey of finding enlightenment. Siddhartha himself could have been his own supernatural aid. He was constantly rejecting the idea of being a student and receiving help from anyone, so it would make sense that he would have no supernatural aid than himself. I think that Gotama was Siddhartha’s supernatural aid because it was not until he met him that he figured out his plan for enlightenment. Siddhartha had left his home with the goal to become a Samana. After spending time learning and mastering their ways, he still felt unfulfilled and sought out Gotama in hopes of discovering the secret to enlightenment. It was not until his conversation with Gotama that he realized the only way to his own enlightenment was to go on his own journey, just as Gotama did. Supernatural aid in the hero’s journey has two substeps. First, the hero