1. Jung’s collective
unconscious and
mythology.
Do myths reflect the collective
unconscious?

2. Archetypes

23. To make the point
clearer...

24. ...let’s take a closer look at
the hero archetype!

25. What is
the hero
archetype
?

26. Good Question.

27. “The [hero is] the mana
personality. He represents the
ego, and is often engaged in
fighting the shadow,
in the form of dragons and
other monsters.”
-Dr. C. George Boeree,
Shippensburg University
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

28. Let’s take the examples of
Superman and Hercules.

29. Spiderman
• Protects
• Saves
• Fights evil, both
in the form of
physical
monsters...
• ...and evils in his own
personality.

30. Hercules
• Saves
• Protects
• Fights evil,
mostly in the form of
real monsters and
dragons this time...

31. Well hey!
They both match Jung’s
Hero archetype
characteristics pretty
well, don’t they?

32. This suggests that...

33. The archetypes expressed in
ancient mythology and
modern popular
storytelling are very similar.

34. archetypes are part of
If
mythology, which is in turn a
reflection of the collective unconscious...
Does this mean that the collective unconscious
storytelling, from
is present in all
ancient mythology to the modern
myths?

35. Seems so.

36. If you still have trouble
understanding...

37. Then make sure you aren’t here:
And try again. :)