Archetype Vocab Terms

A character with a questionable past, banished from society

• Villain

• Hero

• Outcast

• Mentor

Female character who needs to be rescued by the hero

• Mentor

• Damsel in Distress

• Damsel in Disco

• Princess

Protagonist of the story, brave, honorable, and honest (usually)

• Hero

• Mentor

• Ally

• Trickster

Tags along with the hero, provides help or comic relief

• Damsel in Distress

• Mentor

• Trickster

• Ally

Uses humor to help or test the hero, neither good or evil, untrustworthy

• Villain

• Trickster

• Ally

• Allies

Antagonist, opposes the hero, evil

• Ally

• Trickster

• Mentor

• Villain

Typically older and wiser, gives advice or aid to the hero, trains the hero

• Mentor

• Magician

• Ally

• Damsel

Doomed to separation or death

• Star-crossed lovers

• Star-crossed heroes

• Star-crossed villains

• Tricksters

A wild, untamed place where danger lurks around every corner

• Mountains

• Sea

• River

• Forest

A place of innocence and happiness. Full of life and safe from danger

• Garden

• River

• Forest

• Desert