Myths are things that never happened but always are - Carl Sagan

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

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

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

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

Images or Symbols Sun Colors Water Circle Garden Desert Numbers

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

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

Situation Initiation Task Quest Fall Death and Rebirth

Shadow, Anima, and Persona Anima/Animus Persona