archetype quiz

Archetype

a Symbol or pattern that crosses many cultures, and shows up in literature throughout history, and around the world.

Hero

(protagonist) the Main Charack who faces the main conflict and goes on a transformative journey

Mentor

a positive figure who guides, aids, trains, and protects the hero on their journey

Threshold guardian

someone who tests or challenges the hero early on, to see if they are worthy to go on their journey

Herald

Someone who issues a warning, challenge, or change that is coming

Shapeshifter

Someone whose appearance or behavior changes to fit the needs of a story (physical or emotional)

Trickster

Someone who provides comic relief and/or stirs up trouble

Shadow

(antagonist) the character that works against the hero and tries to defeat/destroy them

Water

Life/creation, growth, purification, redemption

Sun

Rising- birth, creation, enlightenment

Setting- death

Garden

Paradise, innocence, fertility, unspoiled beauty

Tree

Life, growth, generation and regeneration

Desert

Lack of spirit, death, hopelessness

Circle

Life, wholeness, unity

Serpent

Evil, corruption, destruction

Red

Passion, desire, love, or blood, sacrifice, violence, danger

Green

Fertility, growth, or deaf, disease, decay

Blue

Spiritual/religious connection, truth

Black (darkness)

Power, luxury, or danger, evil, death

White (light)

Purity, innocence, or supernatural, emptiness, fear

3

Unity

4

Circle/cycle

7

Union of 3+4 (perfection)