Archetypes
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. hero
A. The unwritten lore of a culture
2. goddess
B. That which causes harm or destruction or misfortune
3. initiation
C. A person who is rejected
4. image
D. The act of traveling from one place to another
5. outcast
E. Moral excellence or admirableness
6. quest
F. Absence of light or illumination
7. theme
G. A wise and trusted guide and advisor
8. light
H. A formal entry into an organization or position or office
9. death
I. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
10. symbol
J. What lets us see; the opposite of dark
11. darkness
K. A traditional story accepted as history (plural)
12. rebirth
L. An arbitrary sign that has acquired a conventional significance
13. myths
M. The end of life
14. good
N. An iconic mental representation
15. journey
O. A female deity
16. maze
P. After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
17. evil
Q. Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
18. folklore
R. A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
19. nature
S. Something jumbled or confused
20. task
T. A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
21. mentor
U. The principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
22. wisdom
V. A search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria