Child archetype
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The Child archetype, is an important Jungian archetype in Jungian psychology, first suggested by Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung. Recently, author Caroline Myss suggested Child, amongst four the Survival Archetypes (Victim, Prostitute, and Saboteur), present in all of us. It ranges from "childish to childlike longing for the innocent, regardless of age", as mentioned in her work, Sacred Contracts, which talk of the presence many aspects of the Child archetype, ranging from the Wounded Child, Abandoned or Orphan Child, Dependent Child, Magical/Innocent Child, Nature Child, to the Divine Child and Eternal Child?
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Examples
- Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes
- Linus van Pelt from Peanuts
- Tommy Pickles from Rugrats
- Butters Stotch from South Park
- Andrew "Ender" Wiggin from Ender's Game
- Stewie Griffin from Family Guy
- Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons.
- Jake Chambers from The Dark Tower
- Krishna from Srimad Bhagavatham
- Corwin from Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber novels (Corwin actually evolves through several child archetypes, from wounded child through divine.)
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See also
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