A symbol, character, event, object, theme, setting, etc. that recurs in the literature of many cultures A particular archetype can appear in religious.

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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