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FIGURES AND ARCHETYPES IN CHINESE MYTHOLOGY MANY FIGURES DEPICTED in mythical episodes represent cultural archetypes . Woman Gua and Pan Gu in creation ... Gun is the archetypal failed hero , who also represents the trickster - figure .
FIGURES AND ARCHETYPES IN CHINESE MYTHOLOGY MANY FIGURES DEPICTED in mythical episodes represent cultural archetypes . Woman Gua and Pan Gu in creation ... Gun is the archetypal failed hero , who also represents the trickster - figure .
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A male figure rising from a tree - it is the wood that is considered sacred in Indonesia , not the figure . CHARACTERS , PROTAGONISTS AND ARCHETYPES THE BALANCE BETWEEN the forces of good and evil , light and dark , male and female are ...
A male figure rising from a tree - it is the wood that is considered sacred in Indonesia , not the figure . CHARACTERS , PROTAGONISTS AND ARCHETYPES THE BALANCE BETWEEN the forces of good and evil , light and dark , male and female are ...
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The shaman is often a society's most important figure . As keeper of the tribes ' mythic traditions , he knows more myths than anybody else , and is able to interpret them more meaningfully . In the shamans hands , myths are powerful ...
The shaman is often a society's most important figure . As keeper of the tribes ' mythic traditions , he knows more myths than anybody else , and is able to interpret them more meaningfully . In the shamans hands , myths are powerful ...
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