Mythological Criticism the "Archetype"

Hello Fellow Bloggers!
In this weeks workshop #7another type of criticism was brought into light called Mythological. (p.2025)
Well, if psychological criticism examines the artist as an individual ,   than,"Archetype" in literature , is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human nature.  It can also mean universal symbol, maybe a character, a theme even a setting.
A swiss psychologist, Carl Jung says that it's about "collective unconscious" which are experiences shared by a culture or a race.  This includes love, religion, death, birth, life struggle survival.  They are created in the literary work or other art form.
HERO is one example of Archetype: it's a character who predominantly exhibits goodness and struggles against evil in order to restore harmony to society, e.g. Hercules, Jesus rising from the dead..etc.
Mother Figure is also a Archetype: such a character maybe  Mother Earth who offers spiritual and emotional nourishment, and can be Stepmother who treats children miserably, like in Cinderella.

Nurturing Mother Earth

Hercules the Hero 

Re-Birth of Jesus Christ

Jesus vs Devil, Good vs. Evil