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Archetypes
Characteristics of Heroes
The Hero's Journey
Gilgamesh A
Gilgamesh B
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This is recurring pattern of images, situations, or symbols found in the mythology, religion, art, and dreams of cultures around the world.
What is archetype?
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Harry Potter's scar or Oedipus' swollen foot.
What is the Unhealable Wound?
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The hero's world before the journey takes place. 12 o'clock.
What is Ordinary World or Status Quo?
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This scorned goddess, when slapped with a chunk of the dead Bull of Heaven, curses Enkidu with a sickness that eventually kills him.
Who is Ishtar?
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The archetype of the serpent steals this magical treasure from Gilgamesh, resulting in the hero forever losing the ability to stay young eternally.
What is the magical underwater plant which gives the eater eternal life?
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This archetype hates the hero and tries to overthrow him or her.
What is the villain?
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Luke Skywalker's light saber, Harry Potter's wand, Arthur's sword.
What is the Special Weapon?
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When the hero decides that he must set out on an adventure, and sometimes often refuses to go.
What is Call to Adventure?
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This king is said to be two-thirds god and one-third man.
Who is Gilgamesh?
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Enkidu is most closely related to Gilgamesh in his strength, his bravery, and his being formed by the gods; however, he is opposite to Gilgamesh in that he more animal than man, he is resigned to death, and he is humble while Gilgamesh is arrogant. Which archetype best describes Enkidu?
What is Shadow?
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Older character who is wiser and more experienced than the hero.
What is the mentor?
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When the hero redeems the deeds of past generations, often of his or her mother or father.
What is Atonement with the Father?
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When the hero faces the greatest darkness in the tale. He or she may often be wounded or even die.
What is Crisis?
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Upon the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh mourns deeply and then decides to seek out this.
What is eternal life, or who is Utnapishtim?
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This is the ferryman who takes Gilgamesh across water, one of the major characteristics of an epic hero's journey.
Who is Urshanabi?
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This character may be an archetype who hasn't realized their potential, who may be pitied, or cast aside from the group.
What is the Outcast?
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Goddess Athena assists Odysseus, Yahweh assists Moses, the Ghost of Hamlet's father assists Hamlet.
What is Supernatural Help?
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The thing the hero obtains as a result of fighting the greatest antagonist in the journey.
What is the Treasure?
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This character, while a hero in his own flood story, is arguably the mentor to the main hero.
Who is Utnapishtim?
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Siduri, in the garden at the end of the mountain pass, says that the key to life is to eat, drink, and be merry. In this way she challenges Gilgamesh to abandon his journey and do as she says. Her archetype is most closely this?
What is temptress?
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One type of antagonist that the hero may face. S/He may mirror the hero in some dark way.
What is the Shadow?
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When the hero is rewarded spiritually for his or her good deeds at the end of the tale.
What is Apotheosis?
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This point, 9:00, marks the moment when the hero emerges from the Special World and makes an appearance back to the familiar world of the Status Quo.
What is Return?
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Before Gilgamesh will be permitted to cross 40 leagues of complete darkness through the mountains, he must be given permission by these archetypes, two Scorpions guarding the pass.
What are threshold guardians?
500
Which of the following is NOT a similarity between the Gilgamesh flood and the Genesis flood: A) Both involve global floods B) Both involve a chosen hero C) Both heroes build boats, one square, one rectangular D) Both involve rain for 40 days and nights
What is D) In Gilgamesh, text says it rains for 6 days and nights