Carl Jung Archetypes

Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, wrote about his concept of the "Collective Unconscious." This concept is over innate ideas that humans have that affect them throughout their entire lives. Jung grouped some of these ideas into archetypes. He also believed that human beings have all of the archetypes engrained in them. Jung mentioned four major archetypes as well as many other minor archetypes. He also believed that religion was governed by these archetypes.
The first major archetype, the anima, is described as the women inside of men. It has two subgroups, the "Mother," and the "Devouring Mother." Obviously, the Mother is described as birthing, nurturing, and caring, while the Devouring Mother doesn’t offer its children a chance to grow. The

children of the Devouring Mother may never get the chance to become independent, which has been described as psychological death. Many people know of children who were raised by a parent who cared too much. Most of these children ended up maturing later in life due to being overprotected and given most of what they had wanted. The second major archetype can be described as traits stereotypical in men and is known as the "Animus." It is like logical and reasonable. A person with a strong animus archetype is likely to have strong intellectual pursuits. People with a strong animus can found in research centers, teaching classes, and on the internet. The third major archetype that Jung had described was the "Shadow." The Shadow can be described as one's primal self. It is everything that has been rejected by their super ego, such as social standards that were developed external to someone's own self. It may be tied with Freud's theory of Oedipus complex. It is described as unpredictable, and rebellious. Jung's final major archetype was the "Self." The self connects a human being to the universe. It is the spiritual part of someone. It connects human’s consciousness with its unconsciousness. When people are born, they are split into the conscious and unconscious.
Jung had written about many other archetypes as well, which can be divided into family archetypes, story archetypes, and animal archetypes. These minor archetypes and major archetypes may overlap and show evidence at the same time. Some archetypes explain why certain people are selfish and self-centered, while other people were loyal.
Jung's archetypes were all based on innate ideas of symbols and themes, with religion being one of them. Due to all of the similarities of anatomy between the different human races, Jung believed that these innate ideas did not change from race to race. An example of this symbolism that has been shown to be true was heroism, which has been known to be a theme since the Illiad. Jung also believed that the instinct and imagination and action are shared by all races. The unconscious archetypes would influence someone's conscious thought tremendously. Jung's archetypes act somewhat similar emotionally, and show themselves throughout all modern and recorded ancient civilization. Whether or not you consider Jung's beliefs to be true, Jung offers many interesting points to be thought about.