The word archetype is actually derived from the Latin and Greek languages, but the world of psychiatry, particularly the work of Carl Jung, is what brought the word into common usage.
Simply stated, an archetype is a prototype, or an original model. An archetype can also be used to mean the ideal example of a type.
Carl Jung used the word archetype to mean an instinct pattern of thought or imagery that was derived from collective experience. Jung believed in the existence of the collective unconscious that is that people are born knowing things learned from their ancestors.
There are several archetypes used in dream interpretation.
One of the most common of these archetypes is that of the child.
The child is quite a common symbol in dreams, and it is probably the most easily recognized archetypes. After all, everyone can remember what it was like to be a child the freedom of being a child, the unconditional love received from parents, the laughter and the innocence of the imagination.
In the world of dreams, the child reminds us of our past and our childhood. Dreams involving children, or dreaming of ourselves as children, often...
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