1. Archetypal Elements
I. Character Types

2. A. Heroes

3. B. Helpers 1. Animal Helpers a. messenger b. healer c. transporter
d. rescuer
e. guard

4. a. grants wish b. Gives magic item/weapon
2. Provider
a. grants wish
b. Gives magic
item/weapon

5. 3. Advisor a. gives answer or advice b. teaches forgotten ways
c. trains hero
d. issues warnings

6. 4. “Bad boy” with a heart a. initially selfish
b. sacrifices selfish motives for
greater good
c. arrives in “nick of time”

7. 5. Peasant girl of great beauty

8. 6. Innocent or imprisoned maiden

9. 7. Assigner of a test

10. C. Villains 1. Deceivers a. theft b. deceptive bargain or promise
c. capture
d. illusion or disguise

11. 2. Cruel, wicked relatives 3. Ungrateful spouse 4. Fools 5
2. Cruel, wicked relatives 3. Ungrateful spouse 4. Fools 5. Assigner of a test

12. II. Plot Elements A. Tests 1. Forms a. riddle
b. test of strength/ability
c. task
d. quest

13. a. be impossible/tedious b. never before passed c. be for unknown/rare
2. Conditions
a. be impossible/tedious
b. never before passed
c. be for unknown/rare

14. 3. Results a. reveal someone’s identity b. reveal truth/falsehood
c. reveal guilt/innocence

15. B. Typical elements or patterns
1. Journey
2. Conflict of generations for the
throne
3. True heir raised by foster parents,
regains throne

16. 4. Punishment or defeat of the oppressive
5. Reversal of fortune
6. Search for
lost
relative
7. Marriage
of hero to
maiden

17. C. Remarkable occurences
1. earth swallows person/object
2. shower of objects
3. Inanimate objects speak

18. 4. Eye protrudes when person is angered
5. Person’s life force contained in an object

19. D. Magic 1. Objects a. animal skin b. clothing c. jewelry d. weapon
e. transportation
f. common tool

20. 2. Places
a. forest

21. b. wall/gate

22. c. room/doors d. castle

23. e. water

24. f. island/mountain

25. g. unknown land across the water

26. a. speed b. agility c. strength d. building or inventing ability
3. Skills
a. speed
b. agility
c. strength
d. building or
inventing
ability

27. 4. Effects a. weakness/strength b. invulnerability c. invisibility
d. rejuvenation
e. love
f. sleep/forgetfulness
g. break spells