BIRTH-DEATH-RESURRECTION
CREATION
PURIFICATION AND
REDEMPTION
FERTILITY AND GROWTH
THE MOTHER OF ALL LIFE
SPIRITUAL MYSTERY
DEATH AND/OR REBIRTH
TIMELESS AND ETERNITY
DEATH AND REBIRTH
(BAPTISM)
THE FLOWING OF TIME INTO
ETERNITY
TRANSITIONAL PHASES OF
THE LIFE CYCLE
CREATIVE ENERGY
THINKING,
ENLIGHTENMENT,
WISDOM, SPIRITUAL
VISION
BIRTH
CREATION
ENLIGHTENMENT
DEATH
RED GREEN
BLUE BLACK
WHITE YELLOW
ORANGE GOLD
VIOLET
BLOOD
PASSION
SACRIFICE
DISORDER
GROWTH
HOPE
FERTILITY
HIGHLY POSITIVE
SECURE
TRANQUIL
SPIRITUAL PURITY
DARKNESS
CHAOS MYSTERY
THE UNKNOWN
DEATH WISDOM
MELANCHOLY
EVIL
LIGHT
PURITY
INNOCENCE
TIMELESSNESS
[NEGATIVE: DEATH, TERROR,
SUPERNATURAL]
ENLIGHTENMENT
WISDOM
FIRE
PRIDE
AMBITION
EGOISM
WATER
NOSTALGIA
MEMORY
ADVANCED
SPIRITUALITY
MAJESTY
SUN
WEALTH
CORN (LIFE DEPENDENCY)
TRUTH
SYMBOL OF ENERGY AND
PURE FORCE (LIBIDO)
EVIL
CORRUPTION
SENSUALITY
DESTRUCTION
3
4
6
7
LIGHT
SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
UNITY (HOLY TRINITY)
MALE PRINCIPLE
 ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIRCLE
 LIFE CYCLE
 FOUR SEASONS
 EARTH NATURE
 ELEMENTS
 FEMALE PRINCIPLE
DEVIL
EVIL
 THE MOST POTENT OF ALL SYMBOLIC
NUMBERS SIGNIFYING THE UNION OF
THREE AND FOUR
 THE COMPLETION OF A CYCLE
 PERFECT ORDER
 PERFECT NUMBER
 RELIGIOUS SYMBOL
SAVIOR REDEEMER
GURU
REPRESENTING KNOWLEDGE
REFLECTION INSIGHT
WISDOM INTUITION
MORALITY
PARADISE
INNOCENCE
UNSPOILED
BEAUTY
DENOTES LIFE OF THE
COSMOS
GROWTH
PROLIFERATION
SYMBOL OF IMMORTALITY
PHALLIC SYMBOL
SPIRITUAL ARIDITY
DEATH
HOPELESSNESS
PLACE TO GAIN
GREAT INSIGHT
 THIS MOTIF DESCRIBES THE SEARCH
FOR SOMEONE OR SOME TALISMAN
WHICH, WHEN FOUND AND BROUGHT
BACK, WILL RESTORE FERTILITY TO A
WASTED LAND, THE DESOLATION OF
WHICH IS MIRRORED BY A LEADER’S
ILLNESS AND DISABILITY.
 THIS SITUATION REFERS TO A
MOMENT, USUALLY PSYCHOLOGICAL,
IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL COMES
INTO MATURITY. S/HE GAINS A NEW
AWARENESS INTO THE NATURE OF
CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROBLEMS
AND UNDERSTANDS HIS OR HER
RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRYING TO
RESOLVE A DILEMMA. TYPICALLY,
HEROES RECEIVE A CALLING, A
MESSAGE OR SIGNAL THAT S/HE MUST
MAKE SACRIFICES AND BECOME
RESPONSIBLE FOR “GETTING
INVOLVED” IN THE PROBLEM. OFTEN A
HERO WILL DENY AND QUESTION THE
CALLING AND ULTIMATELY, IN THE
INITIATION, WILL ACCEPT
RESPONSIBILITY.
THE PROTAGONIST IS
WILLING TO DIE HIS OR
HER BELIEFS; THE MAIN
CHARACTER MAINTAINS A
STRONG SENSE OF
MORALITY.
ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM (ARCHETYPES) xD
ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM (ARCHETYPES) xD

ARCHETYPAL CRITICISM (ARCHETYPES) xD