In Jungian psychology, archetypes constitute the collective unconscious; they are “unconscious images of the instincts themselves, in other words...they are patterns of instinctual behaviour,” or simply, “pre-existent form[s]” (Jung, 1959a, p. 42-4). “Hero” and “trickster” are well-known Jungian archetypes. Also see the entries for “collective unconscious” and “instincts.”
defined by Arash Emamzadeh