the.com/archetype
The original mold every imitation secretly traces back to.
means A primal pattern or model that other people, characters, or things instinctively conform to or copy.
from From Greek arkhetupon, joining arkhe (first, origin) and tupos (stamp, model) — literally the first thing stamped, the master die from which all copies fall.
Jung's ideaHe claimed archetypes live in our shared unconscious.
StorytellingHero, mentor, trickster recur across unrelated cultures.
Not stereotypeArchetype is the blueprint; stereotype is the lazy shortcut.