|
 |
 |
The Trickster - Karl Jung archetype.
Title: The Trickster - Karl Jung archetype.
Category: Social Sciences / Philosophy
Details: Words: 1375 | Pages: 5.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Trickster - Karl Jung archetype.
The Trickster
Karl Jung's explanation for the archetypes that surface in cultural and religious literature is that they are the product of what he calls the collective unconsciousness. That thread of consciousness that connects all human beings and cultures around the world. Yet it is not visible to the naked eye, one must look for the signs of it by researching cultures who are long gone and comparing them to each other and our own. …showed first 75 words of 1375 total…
You are viewing only a small portion of the paper.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
|
|
…showed last 75 words of 1375 total…own obvious limitations as humans. He represents all those parts of our psyche from wishing to fly like a bird to those that wish to rule like a God. It is fascinating to study his attributes with in a collective and within ourselves.
Bibliography
1. 'Mythical Trickster Figures', William J. Hynes and William G. Doty
© 1993 The University of Alabama Press ; Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2. 'Archetypes, Imprecators, and Victims of Fate', Femi Euba
© 1989 Greenwood Press ; New York, New York
Need a custom written paper?
|
|
275 words per page