representing or constituting an original type after which other similar things are patterned. The essence of an energy or force in nature. Examples: the archetype of lunar energy may be seen in the goddesses Selene, Artemis, and Chung-O, or through an animal such as the panther. Archetypes of compassion may be perceived as Kwan Yin, the Virgin Mary, or White buffalo Woman.

Of or belonging to the Archetype, or ideal primitive form upon which all the beings of a group seem to be organised. 16