BIRTH-DEATH-RESURRECTION

CREATION

PURIFICATION AND

REDEMPTION

FERTILITY AND GROWTH

THE MOTHER OF ALL LIFE

SPIRITUAL MYSTERY

DEATH AND/OR REBIRTH

TIMELESS AND ETERNITY

DEATH AND REBIRTH

(BAPTISM)

THE FLOWING OF TIME INTO

ETERNITY

TRANSITIONAL PHASES OF

THE LIFE CYCLE

CREATIVE ENERGY

THINKING,

ENLIGHTENMENT,

WISDOM, SPIRITUAL

VISION

BIRTH

CREATION

ENLIGHTENMENT

DEATH

RED GREEN

BLUE BLACK

WHITE YELLOW

ORANGE GOLD

VIOLET

BLOOD

PASSION

SACRIFICE

DISORDER

GROWTH

HOPE

FERTILITY

HIGHLY POSITIVE

SECURE

TRANQUIL

SPIRITUAL PURITY

DARKNESS

CHAOS MYSTERY

THE UNKNOWN

DEATH WISDOM

MELANCHOLY

EVIL

LIGHT

PURITY

INNOCENCE

TIMELESSNESS

[NEGATIVE: DEATH, TERROR,

SUPERNATURAL]

ENLIGHTENMENT

WISDOM

FIRE

PRIDE

AMBITION

EGOISM

WATER

NOSTALGIA

MEMORY

ADVANCED

SPIRITUALITY

MAJESTY

SUN

WEALTH

CORN (LIFE DEPENDENCY)

TRUTH

SYMBOL OF ENERGY AND

PURE FORCE (LIBIDO)

EVIL

CORRUPTION

SENSUALITY

DESTRUCTION

3

4

6

7

LIGHT

SPIRITUAL AWARENESS

UNITY (HOLY TRINITY)

MALE PRINCIPLE

ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIRCLE

LIFE CYCLE

FOUR SEASONS

EARTH NATURE

ELEMENTS

FEMALE PRINCIPLE

DEVIL

EVIL

THE MOST POTENT OF ALL SYMBOLIC

NUMBERS SIGNIFYING THE UNION OF

THREE AND FOUR

THE COMPLETION OF A CYCLE

PERFECT ORDER

PERFECT NUMBER

RELIGIOUS SYMBOL

SAVIOR REDEEMER

GURU

REPRESENTING KNOWLEDGE

REFLECTION INSIGHT

WISDOM INTUITION

MORALITY

PARADISE

INNOCENCE

UNSPOILED

BEAUTY

DENOTES LIFE OF THE

COSMOS

GROWTH

PROLIFERATION

SYMBOL OF IMMORTALITY

PHALLIC SYMBOL

SPIRITUAL ARIDITY

DEATH

HOPELESSNESS

PLACE TO GAIN

GREAT INSIGHT

THIS MOTIF DESCRIBES THE SEARCH

FOR SOMEONE OR SOME TALISMAN

WHICH, WHEN FOUND AND BROUGHT

BACK, WILL RESTORE FERTILITY TO A

WASTED LAND, THE DESOLATION OF

WHICH IS MIRRORED BY A LEADER’S

ILLNESS AND DISABILITY.

THIS SITUATION REFERS TO A

MOMENT, USUALLY PSYCHOLOGICAL,

IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL COMES

INTO MATURITY. S/HE GAINS A NEW

AWARENESS INTO THE NATURE OF

CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROBLEMS

AND UNDERSTANDS HIS OR HER

RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRYING TO

RESOLVE A DILEMMA. TYPICALLY,

HEROES RECEIVE A CALLING, A

MESSAGE OR SIGNAL THAT S/HE MUST

MAKE SACRIFICES AND BECOME

RESPONSIBLE FOR “GETTING

INVOLVED” IN THE PROBLEM. OFTEN A

HERO WILL DENY AND QUESTION THE

CALLING AND ULTIMATELY, IN THE

INITIATION, WILL ACCEPT

RESPONSIBILITY.

THE PROTAGONIST IS

WILLING TO DIE HIS OR

HER BELIEFS; THE MAIN

CHARACTER MAINTAINS A

STRONG SENSE OF

MORALITY.