a symbol, character, event, object, theme, setting, etc. that recurs in the literature of many...
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• A symbol, character, event, object, theme, setting, etc. that recurs in the literature of many cultures
• A particular archetype can appear in religious stories, fables, myths, and fairy tales from different countries and eras.
• Think of it as a pattern, model, or prototype.
CHARACTERISTICS OF ARCHETYPES
• PRIMORDIAL – Essential, instinctive, fundamental
• UNIVERSAL – unaffected by time or situation, community or culture
• WORLD DESTRUCTION– FLOOD– PLAGUE– THE APOCALYPSE
• CREATION– HEBREW– GREEK– NORSE– INDIAN
• IMMORTALITY– ETERNAL PLACE
FOR THE SOUL– REWARDS AND
PUNISHMENTS– ENDLESS DEATH
AND REBIRTH IN CYCLICAL TIME
• THE HERO ( & WEAPON)– KING ARTHUR– LUKE SKYWALKER– HARRY POTTER
• SIBLING RIVALRIES– CAIN AND ABEL– ROMULUS AND
REMUS
• CONFLICT BETWEEN OPPOSITES– YIN AND YANG– MALE AND FEMALE– NIGHT AND DAY– GOOD AND EVIL
• ENSLAVING OF MONSTERS– SATAN– MIDGARD SERPENT– TITANS IN TARTARUS
• INCEST STORIES– OEDIPUS
LEGENDS– LOT AND HIS
DAUGHTERS
• TWELVE– 12 DISCIPLES– 12 TRIBES OF
ISRAEL– 12 MONTHS– 12 SIGNS OF THE
ZODIAC– 12 TRIALS OF
HERCULES
• THREE– THE TRINITY– SIDES OF A
TRIANGLE– 3 WISE MEN– 3 LITTLE PIGS– 3 TASKS IN FAIRY
TALES– JESUS WAS IN THE
GRAVE 3 DAYS
• SEVEN– PYTHAGOREANS
CALLED IT THE PERFECT NUMBER
– 7 COLORS OF THE RAINBOW
– THE NUMBER 7 IS USED 507 TIMES IN THE BIBLE
– SEVEN IS ALSO USED MANY TIMES IN THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH
• SOUL MATE– PRINCESS– DAMSEL IN
DISTRESS– LOVER
• EARTH MOTHER– EVE– GAEA
• PLATONIC IDEAL– SPIRITUAL OR
INTELLECTUAL IDEAL, A MUSE, A GUIDE
• TEMPTRESS– WITCH– SIREN
• DESTINED LOVERS• THE SCAPEGOAT
– ONE WHOSE DEATH COVERS SIN
• THE OUTCAST– ONE WHO MUST
WANDER• THE DEVIL
– PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
• SHAMAN, HOLY MAN, MAGICIAN
• THE DIVINE IN DISGUISE
• THE GATEKEEPER
• THE QUEST– GILGAMESH– THE ODYSSEY– LORD OF THE
RINGS• THE TASK• THE INITIATION
– KING ARTHUR AND THE SWORD IN THE STONE
• DEATH AND REBIRTH– CHRIST– THE GREEN
KNIGHT• THE FALL OF MAN
– GENESIS– DARTH VADER
• A PARADISE OR IDEAL PLACE • A LANDSCAPE EMERGING FROM A WATERY
CHAOS• A GREAT TREE CONNECTING THE REALMS OF
HEAVEN AND EARTH• A UNIVERSE MADE UP OF OPPOSITES • A MOUNTAIN THAT HAS HOLY SIGNIFICANCE• AN UNDERWORLD WHERE PEOPLE GO AFTER
DEATH• A CIRCLE THAT SYMBOLIZES COMPLETION
HAS HOLY SIGNIFICANCE