• Dr.C.BHOOMA
• Dr.C.S.Senthil

Abstract : This paper aims to bring out the archetypes found in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva trilogy. Amish for his Shiva trilogy drew inspiration from ancient Indian stories and recreated the characters in the most human and pragmatic perspective. He seems to have exploited the historicity of the available prototypes and relive and revisit ancient values and virtues which seem to have carried down or got inspired by. Archetypal characters represent the culture they belong to. Archetypes are recurring images. Analyzing an archetype in the light of its on cultural implications will shed light on better comprehension; hence this article will evaluate the trilogies in their own cultural perspectives based on Carl Jung’s archetypes. The archetypes taken for analysis are the hero, the Wiseman, the innocent, Father, Mother, Child and the villain or the trickster Indian archetypes mostly base themselves on puranas and Vedic scriptures. Irrespective of the cultures they belong to, human psyche remains similar in experiencing desires, love, hatred etc.

Keywords: Archetypes, psyche, myth, puranas, Vedas,hero,villain,trickster.

"Archetypes found in Amish’s Shiva trilogies: Jungian perspective", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.497-503, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807078.pdf

"Archetypes found in Amish’s Shiva trilogies: Jungian perspective", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp497-503, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807078.pdf