by Don L. F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen ARCHETYPES by Don L. F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen

Part III The Journey Itself

STAGE 2 The Seeker The Destroyer The Lover The Creator

THE SEEKER The seeker moves from wandering aimlessly and trying out new things through trying to climb the ladder of success to looking for spiritual guidance. EXAMPLES: Goldilocks, Indiana Jones, Don Juan, Leo the Late Bloomer, Luke Skywalker, Pinocchio

Four More Seekers

Seeker: Peter Rabbit Non Seekers: Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail

More Seekers: Captain Kirk, Captain Picard, Luke Skywalker, Jason & the Argonauts

Two More Seekers

Still More Seekers

Shadow Seekers are Lazy Lazy Jane Lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy lazy Jane, She wants a drink of water So she waits and waits and waits and waits and waits For it to rain. Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends, page 87

How Not To Have To Dry the Dishes If you have to dry the dishes (Such an awful, boring chore) (‘Stead of going to the store) And you drop one on the floor— Maybe they won’t let you Dry the dishes anymore. Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic, page 12

THE DESTROYER The Destroyer moves from confusion over experiencing pain and death of a loved one through accepting mortality to letting go of what is not important. EXAMPLES: Beowulf, The Big Bad Wolf, Samson, The Terminator, Darth Vader Lord Voldemort

Warriors-Destroyers: Voldemort, Count Olaf, Darth Vader & President Snow

THE LOVER OR FRIEND The lover, friend, or sidekick is incomplete without the other lover, friend, or sidekick. SHADOW EXAMPLES: Bathsheba, Delilah, Don Juan, Don Giovani, Byron’s Don Juan, Cassanova

Lovers

Star-Crossed Lovers

More Star-Crossed Lovers

Sidekicks: Sancho Panza in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, and Tonto

LOVERS, FRIENDS OR DOPPELGANGERS Annie and Daddy Warbucks Batman and Robin Mark Anthony and Cleopatra Robinson Crusoe and Friday Hansel and Gretel Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde Othello, Iago, and Desdemona Peter and the Wolf Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Romeo and Juliet Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Friends

Gemini: Castor and Polux and Gemini Space Shuttle

THE CREATOR The Creator moves from daydreaming and imagining through knowing what is really important to allowing dreams to come true. EXAMPLES: Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, Frederick, The Purple Crayon

The Creator: Gepetto & Racho Kavacho (Gabrovo, Bulgaria)

The Creator / The Magician

Recycled Names

More Recycled Names

King James (Bible) & King James (Lebron)