List of Archetypal Motifs & Places

List of Archetypal Motifs

Battle of Good and Evil

Death and Rebirth

Innate Wisdom vs. Education

The Initiation

The Hero/ Heroine’s Journey

The Magic Weapon

Rags to Riches

Nature vs. Industrialization

Redemption of the Feminine

The Quest

The Student Surpasses the Teacher

The Return

The Task

Separation from Parents

War

Initiation

The Underworld

The Otherworld

Marriage

The Union of Opposites

The Apocalypse

The Deluge

The Creation

The End Times

The Birth of Divine Child

List of Archetypal Places

The Garden - Love and fertility

The Forest - Can denote the unconscious

The River - Emotions, psychic movement, boundaries

The Sea - Can denote the unconscious. What is the nature of the water?

The Island - Isolation

The Mountain - Climbing up can represent a spiritual journey

The Wasteland - A place with limited resources, perhaps psychic dryness