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Archetypes
Study Guide from Ms. Happ's Mythology Course
Question | Answer |
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What is the definition of an Archetype? | A universal symbol, motif or theme found among many different cultures |
Examples for Red archetypes? | Blood, sacrifice, passion and disorder |
Examples of Green Archetypes? | Growth, hope and fertility |
Examples of Blue Archetypes? | Positive, tranquil, secure, spiritual purity |
Examples of Black Archetypes? | Darkness, chaos, mystery, unknown, death, wisdom, melancholy, evil |
Examples of White Archetypes? | Light, purity, innocence, timelessness; Negative: death, terror, supernatural |
Examples of Yellow Archetypes? | Enlightenment, wisdom |
Examples of the Number 3 Archetypes? | Light, spiritual awareness, unity, holy trinity, male principal |
Examples of the Number 4 Archetypes? | Circle life cycle, four seasons, female principal |
Examples of the Number 7 Archetypes? | Most potent of symbolic numbers, unity of 3 and 4, completion of cycle, perfect order and number, religious symbol; eg: 7 days of the week, deadly sins/virtues, lucky number |
Examples of the Number 12 Archetypes? | Product of 3 and 4. 12 Olympian gods, hours in a day, months |
Example of Spring Archetype? | Rebirth |
Example of Summer Archetype? | Life |
Example of Fall Archetype? | Dying |
Example of Winter Archetype? | Death |
Examples of Garden Archetypes? | Paradise, innocence, unspoiled beauty |
Examples of Tree Archetypes? | Life of the cosmos, growth, proliferation, symbol of immortality, phallic symbol |
Examples of Desert Archetypes? | Spiritual aridity, death, hopelessness |