The effect of the effects of Jungian archetypes on the child's thinking with a look at the myths of the stepmother

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assistant professor of payame noor university-pertain language and literature

10.22054/cisl.2023.73522.1015

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The legends of the stepmother are among the legends that can be seen in different Iranian and non-Iranian versions.Despite the differences in superstructure, these fables convey to the reader common overt and hidden concepts in deep structure. The thoughts of psychoanalysts, especially Jung, lead the reader to these profound commonalities. The thoughts of psychoanalysts, especially Jung, lead the reader to these profound commonalities. After studying and extracting legends of Iranian and other nations' stepmothers, this research intends to express these similarities based on Jungian archetypes and analyze their positive and negative effects on the child's thinking. The obtained results show that according to the mythology reflected in these legends, the world of legends is the world of monologues. These legends represent the absolute supremacy of good over evil, and this unanimity has a specific justification both psychologically and educationally. The positive point of this world is the child's hope for the supremacy of good over evil, and the negative point is that the reflection of Jungian archetypes also emphasizes monotony and leads to the permanence of absolute thought and prevents the emergence of multiple voices in society.

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