The symbol of innocence that usually appears as a child or an animal.
What is the Divine Child?
100
An archetype can be most generally be defined as a ___________ in stories that occurs cross-culturally and timelessly.
What is a pattern?
100
A hero from a noble/divine background who goes on an epic quest and is incredibly powerful or strong.
What is a Classic/Epic Hero?
100
The mundane situation that the hero begins in before they are called to adventure.
What is the Ordinary World?
100
The name of the final trial in which the hero faces down their ultimate nemesis.
What is the Dragon Battle?
200
The self-sacrificing figure that is inherently good and selfless.
What is the Altruist?
200
Archetypal Theory suggest that the universality of archetypes is due to them being stored in your ______________ mind.
What is unconscious?
200
A hero who inadvertently causes his own downfall.
What is a Tragic Hero?
200
An object that has supernatural abilities or special powers that helps the hero on his/her journey.
What is a Talisman?
200
The hero must confront his/her past or upbringing, often in the form of someone who had great power in their early life.
What is Atonement with the Father?
300
The female character symbolic of all things natural and motherly. She is a symbol of fertility, emotional and spiritual well-being. She is usually middle-aged or older.
What is the Great Mother?
300
Symbols become archetypal if they are ________________.
What is found in many different stories with the similar pattern of meaning.
300
A hero who displays less than admirable characteristics and doesn't fit the typical ideals of a hero.
What is an Anti-Hero?
300
The point where the hero crosses into the field of adventure, leaving behind the known limits of his/her world.
What is Crossing the First Threshold?
300
The hero has found balance and power within two realms - the ordinary and the magical, as well as the material and spiritual.
What is Master of Two Worlds?
400
The primitive, instinctual side of ourselves that we try to repress. Can become extremely dangerous if left unchecked.
What is the Shadow?
400
The psychologist who studied dreams and first proposed the idea of Archetypal Theory.
Who is Carl Jung?
400
Rebellious main character who has a troubled past and indulges in self-destructive behaviors that threaten to doom him or her
What is a Byronic Hero?
400
A stage of the trials in which the hero feels hope is gone, but from which they ultimately triumph, often leading to a metamorphosis that will help them undergo the final trial.
What is the Belly of the Whale?
400
A rescuing guide or force that helps the hero when they are weakened and most in need of it.
What is Rescue from Without/Deus Ex Machina
500
The masculine and feminine (or yin or yang) balance that exists inside a person that needs to be completed by their other half.
What is Anima and Animus?
500
The American mythologist who proposed the steps of the Monomyth/the Hero's Journey
Who is Joseph Campbell?
500
The Greek word for a tragic flaw.
What is Hamartia?
500
The hero meets with a figure that sets them back on the path of their journey, gives them hope, and offers love that has redemptive power.
What is the Sacred Goddess?
500
The ritual or physical death that occurs to the hero or those close to him/her. This leads to divine knowledge or a form of rebirth.