from the Nilsens

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Archetypes—Part III:
The Journey Itself
by Don L. F. Nilsen
and Alleen Pace Nilsen

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STAGE 2
The Seeker
The Destroyer
The Lover
The Creator

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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

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5. Mormon Pioneers
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6. Seekers in Children’s Literature
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7. Two More Seekers
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8. Seeker: Peter Rabbit
Non Seekers: Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail
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9. More Seekers: Captain Kirk, Captain Picard,
Luke Skywalker, Jason & the Argonauts
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10. Another Seeker
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11. Still More Seekers
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12. 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
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13. How Not To Have To Dry the Dishes
If you have to dry the dishes
(Such an awful, boring chore)
If you have to dry the dishes
(‘Stead of going to the store)
If you have to dry the dishes
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
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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

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

17. Lovers
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18. Starcrossed Lovers
Siegfried awakens Brunhilde
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19. Star-Crossed Lovers
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20. More Star-Crossed Lovers
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21. More Star-Crossed Lovers
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22. Sidekicks: Sancho Panza in Gabrovo, Bulgaria
and Tonto
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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

24. Friends
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25. Gemini: Castor and Polux
and Gemini Space Shuttle
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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

27. The Creator: Gepetto
& Racho Kavacho (Gabrovo, Bulgaria)
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28. Two Stages of Creation
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29. Three Stages of Creation
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30. Creators in Children’s Literature
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31. An Inanimate Creator
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32. Four Italian Renaissance Artists
Creators vs. Warriors
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