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Man/woman with great strength & courage known fo rhaving honarble purposes,often leaves familiar to enter new then returns tohis "ordinary world"

is separated from soceity due to an important or an advantage that sets him apart from the rest

are usually in the wrong place at the wrong time but who usually wins something of value at the end

trusts in faith and opptomism has high ideals believesin hard   work and doing the right thing

personification of evil the antagonist, malice is limitless and s/he is rarly reformed

a woman to whom the protagonnist is atracted and who ultimatly brings about his dowfall

a surragate mother who represents the evil side of motherhood

vulnurable woman who must be rescued by the hero often used as a way to trap the hero

the savior the redeemer the guru represents knowledge,insight, and wisdom,serves as teacher or counsler to hero

incarnation ofinspiration and spiritual fullfillment   

indivisuals somewhat like servants who are heroic themselves, duty is to protect hero and reflect thier nobility

a young man and woman enter an illfated affair which ends tragically in the death of one or both of them

charecters(plants and animals)that assist or guide the protagonist

trick others to get them to do what s/he wants thay can be both virtuous and nefarious provides comic relief

an animal or more usually a human whose death in a public ceremony expiates some taint or sinthat has been visited upon a community

a charecter who is shunned has uncontrollable rage or strength or violence, most times fall in lovewith and protect a beautiful woman, sometimes they must be outwitted by heros

a helper and reprisentative of evil

masculine, the giver and destroyer of lifes creative energys, conscioness, passage of time,a rising one- birth,creation, a setting one death

feminime, marks passage of time and controls the course of human events, seedtime, harvest, tides

mystery of creation, the life cycle, purificatoion, redemption

the mother of all life , death and rebirth, the unconcious

death and rebirth, theflowing of time into eternity, transittional phase of the life cycle incarnations of deities

symbolizes the destructive power of nature and fate

a place of death, represents encounters with the dark side of self

gateway to the new world, the hero must enter to change and grow

symbolizes the extraordinary quality of a hero, no one else can weild the weapon or use it to its full potential, usually given tothe hero by the hero by the mentor figure

paradise, innocence, unspoiled bueaty(expecially feminine) fertillity, new birth, hope

inexastible life due to its groth proliferation, andgenerative and regenerative proccesses, wisdom

rebirth,passage, death of old life

remotness from society and the ilands isolation from all other societes, helps insulate people from other cultures so that their culture remains true on itself, blocks outside influences

spiritual aridity, death, nihilism, hopelessness

both protective and destroctiv, symbolizes human knowledge and industry

wholeness, unity, perfection, eternity

the mystery of life and the forces of generation

The christian trinity, stages of life, hardship

the unionof the opposite forces of the yin (female principles, darkness, passivitly, the unconciousness) and the yang(masculine principles, light, activity, the concious mind)

blood,sacrafice,violent passion, disorder

in a positive context, growth, sensation, hope, fertility, in a negative contest, death and decay

highly positive- associented with truthreligious feelings, security, spiritual purity

chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, evil, unconcious

positive aspects- light purity, innocence, negative aspects- death,terror, the supernatural

nuatrelizing, earth, hearth, home, outdoors, relibility, comfort, simplicity

concentration, physic energy, balance, enthusiasm, demanding attencion,vibrant, warmth, encouragment,

true love, friendship, attraction, romance, spiritual awakining, togetherness

magical forces, power over obsticles, royalty, nobility, spirituality, ceremony,transformation, wisdom

joy happiness, opptimism, imagination, hope , sunshine

greatness, value, wealth

ultimate unity, identy, equality, existence, general harmony and tranquility

contrasts, diversity, inequality, division, seperation, disorder, confusion, change

light, spiritual awarness and unity,(holy trinity) male principle,complexness,divinity

associated with the circle, life cycle, 4 seasons, female principles, earth,nature, 4 elements

divine grace

evil connotations, devil,ambivalence, totals of labour, luck chance

the most potent of the symbolic numbers- signifyingthe union of 3 and 4 the completion of a cycle perfect order

12 months of the solar year

search for something that will restore peace/normalicy to a land/people

hero's path, represents the journey of life

superhuman deed that must be performed to save the kingdom, win the fair lady, or identify the hero so he may assume his rightful position

the gods intervine on the side of the her( or sometimes against him)

some charecteristics exhibt wisdom and understanding of situations instinctivlyas opposed to those suposedlyin charge(loyal retainer)

a descent from a higher to a lower being from innocence to bliss to lose- often accompinied with an expulsion from paradise

ceremonies that mark the rite of passsge into another state. these include sacrafices,initiation,and coming of age

loss of personal awarness and sense of self. Healing and true peace or loss of self can be achevied in this state

can be literal or phsical, signifies an ending or beginning

the known(monomthys)

The unknown, shdowy realm(monomyth)

return to the known (monomyth)