Archetypes--Setting

Crossing into new territory, life cycle, baptism

Purity, Solitude, Reflection, Quest for Meaning

Opposite of the Garden, loneliness, desolation, despair; the place where there is no growth

Represents a puzzling dilemma or great uncertainty; sometimes represents the search for a monster within himself.

the strong place of safety; holds the treasure or princess; may be bewitched or enchanted; may represent home or some other safe place.

The strong place where evil resides or where the self is locked away from society and fellowship.

Represents life and knowledge; growth, proliferation; symbol of immortality

Fertility Those who enter often lose their direction or rational outlook and thus tap into their collective unconscious Unregulated space is opposite of cultivated gardens A place where rules don't apply, and people and things run wild

A gateway to a new world the hero must enter to change and to grow

Waves may symbolize measures of time and represent eternity or infinity Vast, alien, dangerous, chaos The mother of all life; spiritual mystery; death and/or rebirth; timelessness and eternity Death and rebirth (baptism); the flowing of time into eternity; transitional phases of life cycle

Spiritual aridity; death; hopelessness

The place where the hero encounters fear or death

The place of suffering and decision

The long and difficult way into the unknown

spiritual, mental, and physical isolation or exile

personal achievement; meeting place of earth and heaven; a spiritual peak

A descent into the unconscious or inner self; a place to face innermost fears

Link between worlds

This is a place of safety where the hero may be sheltered for a time while he or she regains health or strength. It can come in many forms and contrasts sharply against the dangerous wilderness.

Located on the edge or outlying spaces; a jumping off point. The place visited by the hero before beginning the actual adventure. A place where the rumors and travelers from abroad - those who have been out there and have experienced what lies beyond - meet and exchange information. An alternate setting that functions similarly is the seaport.

represents safety, knowledge, and order

Represents danger, a lack of knowledge, and disorder.

order, law, harmony, civilization

stony place of suffering