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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 ^[1]^[2]^[3]

[edit] Child archetype in literature and media

Main article: Archetype#Archetypes in literature

The child archetype is portrayed in literature in various ways. It can take the form of a child who displays adult-like qualities giving, for example, wise advice to their friends or vice-versa (like the character Raymond in the film Rain Man).

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Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes
Linus van Pelt from Peanuts
Tommy Pickles from Rugrats
Corwin from Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber novels (Corwin actually evolves through several child archetypes, from wounded child through divine.)
Butters Stotch from South Park
Andrew "Ender" Wiggin from Ender's Game
Stewie Griffin from Family Guy
Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons.

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential, by Caroline Myss; ISBN 978-0609810118.
Abstracts of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Ed. Carrie L. Rothgeb, National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information (U.S.). Karnac Books, 1994. ISBN 185575035X, ISBN 9781855750357.
Karl Kerenyi: Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter, 1960, in English 1967

[edit] References

^ The Four Archetypes of Survival Caroline Myss.
^ A Gallery of Archetypes Caroline Myss.
^ The Divine Child archetype in Jungian psychological McGurn, P. A. (1998). The Divine Child archetype in Jungian psychological thought and practice.(Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 1998). UMI no. 9923263.

Stevens, Anthony in The Archetypes (Chapter 3.) Ed. Papadopoulos, Renos The Handbook of Jungian Psychology (2006).
Jung, C. G. (1934–1954), The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious, Collected Works, 9 (2 ed.), Princeton, NJ: Bollingen, 1981, ISBN 0-691-01833-2.
- 1951 Introduction to a Science of Mythology. The Myth of the Divine Child and the Mysteries of Eleusis (In collaboration with Karl Kerényi)

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[0] The Four Archetypes of Survival Caroline Myss.

[1] A Gallery of Archetypes Caroline Myss.

[2] The Divine Child archetype in Jungian psychological McGurn, P. A. (1998). The Divine Child archetype in Jungian psychological thought and practice.(Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 1998). UMI no. 9923263.

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