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1 Myths are things that never happened but always are - Carl Sagan
Archetypal Analysis Myths are things that never happened but always are - Carl Sagan

2 Archetypes are pre-logical mentality - T. S. Eliot
Myth criticism Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) Collective unconscious

3 Three Basic Qualities That Characterize Archetypes
Primordial Characteristics Universal Characteristics Recurrent Characteristics

4 Recurrent Archetypal Motifs
World destruction Immortality Hero Oedipus legends Slaying of monsters Virgin births

5 Images or Symbols Sun Colors Water Circle Garden Desert Numbers

6 Archetypal Images of Women
Earth mother Temptress Soul-mate Platonic ideal

7 Characters Hero Devil Scapegoat Star-crossed lovers Intellectual
Medicine woman Shaman

8 Situation Initiation Task Quest Fall Death and Rebirth

9 Shadow, Anima, and Persona
Anima/Animus Persona

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