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An archetype in literature is a plot or character element that recurs in cultural or cross-cultural myths. Archetypes are prominent in the psychology of the psychiatrist, Carl Jung, and in the writings of the mythologist, Joseph Campbell.

List of archetypes

• Addict (Conspicuous Consumer, Glutton, Workaholic, Gambler)
• Advocate (Attorney, Defender, Legislator, Lobbyist, Environmentalist)
• Alchemist (Wizard, Magician, Scientist, Inventor, Visionary)
• Angel (Fairy Godmother)
• Athlete (Olympian)
• Artist (Artisan, Crafts-person, Sculptor, Weaver)
• Avenger (Avenging Angel, Savior, Messiah)
• Bard (Poet, Musician)
• Bully (Coward)
• Companion (Friend, Sidekick, Right Arm, Consort)
• Clown (Court Jester, Fool, Village Idiot)
• Crown (Hag, Witch)
• Detective (Spy, Double Agent, Sleuth, Snoop, Sherlock Holmes, Private Investigator, Profiler, Crime Fighter)
• Dilettante (Amateur)
• Don Juan (Casanova, Gigolo, Seducer)
• Engineer (Architect, Builder, Schemer)
• Father (Patriarch, Progenitor)
• Gossip (Socialite, Networker)
• Hero (Superhero)
• Hoarder (Miser)
• Judge (Critic, Examiner, Mediator, Arbitrator)
• Liberator
• Mentor (Master, Counselor, Tutor)
• Mother (Matriarch, Mother Nature)
• Mystic (Renunciate, Anchorite, Hermit)
• Orphan (Child)
• Tourist (Traveller)
• Trickster
• Vampire (Leech)
• Victim (Weakling, Damsel in Distress)
• Visionary (Dreamer, Prophet)
• Warrior (Barbarian, Fighter)

External links

• Death Quaker's Big List of Character Archetypes
• Sinclair Community College Archetypes List

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