Archetypes

Archetype

A pattern or universally recognizable characters, situations, or symbols originating from works like Plato, Sophocles, and Carl Jung, categorized based on literary function, emotional traits, or community role.

Color Archetypes

Symbolic meanings associated with colors like black, red, green, white, orange, blue, violet, gold, and silver.

Shape Archetypes

Symbolic meanings associated with shapes like oval, triangle, square, rectangle, cross, and circle.

Nature Archetypes

Symbolic meanings associated with elements of nature like air, ascent, descent, duality, earth, fire, lake, crescent moon, mountain, valley, sun, stars, wind, ice/snow, clouds/mist, rain, cave, lightning, tree, forest.

Object Archetypes

Symbolic meanings associated with objects like feathers, shadow, masks, boats/rafts, bridge, right hand, left hand, feet, skeleton, heart, hourglass.

Character Archetypes

Common character roles in stories like the Hero, the Initiates, Mentors, Hunting Group of Companions, Loyal Retainers, the Devil Figure, the Scapegoat, the Outcast, the Creature of Nightmare.