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Freuds and Jungs theories on myth and its origin.

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Carl Jung and Archetypes
This is part of the Psychoanalytic Approach
The clues to self-realization in myths, and
in many other cultural phenomena, are
according to Carl G. Jung the archetypes,
symbolic elements containing aspects of the
workings of human life and mind.
The term is not one of his invention, but he
used it in an elaborate way in his theories
of psychology and culture, giving it his own
specific meaning.
Carl Jung and Archetypes
From the Greek word arkhetupon
first mould or model
It is made up of Arkhos
chief or ruler (used also in e.g. archbishop
and monarch),
and tupos
mould, model or type.
It has been used to describe original or
ideal model phenomena and characters
Carl Jung and Archetypes
They are not at all characters, essentially,
but symbolic keys to truths about human
condition and to the path of personal
enlightenment.
They can reveal the workings of the world,
as to how it affects the human psyche, and
what man should do to accomplish
something or for that matter ward
something off.
They are learning tools, lessons from
primordial time, answers included.
Carl Jung and Archetypes
Archetypes create
myths, religions,
and philosophical
ideas that influence
and set their stamp
on whole nations
and epochs.
Carl Jung and Archetypes
It might be best compared to mathematical
components, such as pi or the x of an
equation.
An archetype is like pi in the sense that it
has a fixed value, but its applications are
just about endless.
It is like the x of an equation in the way that
it is the solution to a given problem if that
problem is significant enough.
Archetypes carry meanings for the human
mind to decipher and utilize
Carl Jung and Archetypes
The archetype is a symbolic
formula which always begins
to function when there are
no conscious ideas present,
or when conscious ideas are
inhibited for internal or
external reasons
Carl Jung and Archetypes
Since the archetypes are symbolic
components rather than objects or persons,
they are discovered by their function instead
of their attire.
A symbolic element that reappears in many
a myth from separate cultures or time-
periods, and seems to contain some kind of
significance in those stories, is in the
Jungian perspective most certainly an
archetype
Carl Jung and Archetypes
Not only that, but in Jung's world, an archetype
contains such potency that it is its archetype,
wherever it appears.
Its symbolic archetypal function emerges, even
when that was not intended by its user in that
specific case.
It is also this primordial potency of the
archetypes that makes them attractive and
exciting, wherever they appear. People are
drawn to archetypes, often obsessed by them,
whether they know of their Jungian function or
not. They feel a resonance from their
unconscious, recognizing and being stimulated
by the archetype.
Psyche
Ego (Self)
The new center of personality; can include both the
conscious and the unsconscious
The Personal Unconcsious
Anything which is not presently conscious, but can be.
Includes memories that are easily brought in mind, and those
which have been suppressed for some reason.
Uncivilized desires and emotions are incompatible with
social standards and ideal personality.
Collective Unconsciousness
The theoretical pool of memories or knowledge that
everyone shares.
Reservoir of experiences as species, a kind of knowledge we
are born with, yet we can never be directly conscious of it.
Influences all of our experiences and behaviors, most
especially the emotional ones, but we know about it
indirectly, by looking at those influences.
THE SELF
The personality striving towards its own
complete realization.
It is the most important archetype
because it is the ultimate unity of the
personality
Symbolized by the circle, the cross, and
the Mandala

THE PERSONA
Represents your public
image
The mask you put on
before you show yourself
to the world
Begins as an archetype,
but is actually a part of a
person most distant from
the collective
unconsciousness
THE HERO
Pursues a great quest
to realize his destiny
The man personality
and the defeater of evil
He basically represents
the ego
THE MAIDEN
Represents purity,
innocence, and in all
likelihood, naivete

THE SHADOW
Derives from the
prehuman animal past,
when our concerns were
limited to survival and
reproduction, and when
we werent self-conscious
The dark side of the ego;
it is actually neither good
or bad (amoral)
THE ARCHETYPE FAMILY
Represents the idea of blood
relationship and ties that run deeper that
those based in conscious reasons.

THE FATHER
Symbolized by a
guide or authority
Primarily an
authority figure
inducing fear
THE MOTHER
The built in ability to
recognize certain
relationship, that of
mothering
May not be a real
mother; could be a
personification of the
archetype
Primarily in the sense
of our need for her
THE CHILD
Represented in
Mythology and art by
children, infants most
especially small
creatures
Often blends with other
archetypes to form the
child-god or child-hero
Our innocent beginning
with all our potential in
front of us
THE ANIMA AND THE ANIMUS
Anima
The female aspect present in the collective
unconscious of men
May be personified as young girl, or as a with, or
as earth mother
Animus
The male aspect in the collective unconscious of
women
May be personified as wise old man, a sorcerer, or
often a number of males, and tends to be logical,
often rationalistic, and even argumentative
THE GOD
Representing our need to comprehend
the universe, to give meaning to all that
happens, to see it all as having purpose
and direction
The perfect image of the self
THE GODDESS
The great
mother, or
mother earth
THE MANA
More of spiritual demands
The spiritual power
THE WISE OLD MAN
A form of the
animus and
reveals to the hero
the nature of the
collective
unconsciousness
The one who has
profound
knowledge
THE WIZARD
Knowledgeable of
the hidden and of
transformation
needed
THE TRICKSTER
Often represented by
a clown or magician
Its role is to hamper
the progress of the
hero and to generally
make trouble
The rascal agent
pushing us towards
change
THE HERMAPHRODITE
The joiner
or
opposites
Both male
and female
representin
g the union
of
opposites
THE BEAST
Representing
the primitive
side of man
THE SCAPEGOAT
One who
suffers the
shortcomings
of others