| Archetypes are among the most powerful and most | | | | to represent the masculine side of the female. Jung felt |
| significant of all items found in dreams, and they are of | | | | that women possessed a unconscious masculine |
| great interest to dream interpreters and to dream | | | | imprint, and he called this imprint the animus. |
| researchers and scientists alike. At its simplest, an | | | | Women become familiar with the nature of the animus |
| archetype is a prototype, or an original copy, of any | | | | through a constant questioning of ideas and opinions, |
| object or experience. An archetype can also refer to | | | | and of gender roles and identity. When coming to |
| the prefect example of an object — the object | | | | terms with her masculine side, the woman learns to |
| by which all others are judged. | | | | criticize her opinions and hold them at a distance. This |
| This article will examine several important prototypes | | | | does not mean repressing those opinions; it simply |
| encountered in dream interpretation. The first of these | | | | means investigating where they come from, and |
| archetypes is the animus. | | | | delving more deeply into their background. |
| The animus is a term used by psychologist Carl Jung | | | | |