Beginning April 1, 've decided to do the A to Z Blogging Challenge again this year!
For 2013, I thought I'd blog on the them of Archetypes. Here's my A to Z list (I need help with U, X and Y!):
A - Archetypes
B - Bully and Coward
C - Creator
D - Damsel
E - Entrepreneur and Pioneer
F - Fool and Clown
G - God and Goddess
H - Hermit and Mystic
I - Inventor, Alchemist and Wizard
J - Joseph Campbell
K - Knight and Rescuer
L - Lover
M - Mother
N - Nomad and Seeker
O - Orphan
P - Prophet and Visionary
Q - Queen
R - Rebel and Trickster
S - Storyteller
T - Teacher, Guide and Sage
U - ?
V - Victim and Woundology
W - Warrior
X - ?
Y - ?
Z - Zodiac
So, any thgoughts of what I can blog about with U, X or Y? What post and archetypes are you most anticipating? Any questions or themes you'd like me to address? Feel free to comment and let me know!
-- Janet
I am naturally interested in Bully and Coward, since that pairing makes my radar flip on.... (are the bullied automatically, knee-jerk wise, considered to be cowards?) I'm truly just interested to know more - it isn't a judgment so I hope you don't take it that way!
Mother, Queen - the feminine ones intrigue me.
It is so funny how I keep seeing "culturally negative" as bad! Intriguing.
UNKNOWN keeps coming up for me under "U" but since I don't know very much about archetypes, I don't know if it fits.
Could Y be something like "Youth"?
I look forward to reading your A to Z posts!
Posted by: Julie Jordan Scott | 03/28/2013 at 10:57 AM
You are very perceptive, Julie! Coward IS the flip side of Bully, always. The "toughness" of a Bully is entirely fake; he deflates once his gaggle of sycophants aren't looking or when someone stands up to him (or her). :o)
Unknown...hey, I have an idea! I can make a post called Unknown Archetypes: How to Discover Yours. Thanks for the inspiration!
Youth, and the quest for it, would fall under the Puer Eternis, the Eternal Child. Some say this is a permutation of The Fool, in fact. It's definitely a big enough archetype to merit its own post (Peter Pan! Michael Jackson!).
I appreciate you stopping by and posting, and I look forward to your future comments. I have a feeling you'll have some very insightful ones just like today! :o)
Posted by: Janet Boyer | 03/28/2013 at 02:52 PM