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The wise old man (also called senex, sage or sophos) is an archetype as described by Carl Jung, as well as a classic literary figure, and may be seen as a stock character. [1] The wise old man can be a profound philosopher distinguished for wisdom and sound judgment .
The Wise Old Woman, or helpful old woman, "is a well-known symbol in myths and fairy tales for the wisdom of the eternal female nature." [ 1 ] The Wise Old Man, "or some other very powerful aspect of eternal masculinity" is her male counterpart.
Although the number of archetypes is limitless, [24] there are a few particularly notable, recurring archetypal images, "the chief among them being" (according to Jung) "the shadow, the wise old man, the child, the mother... and her counterpart, the maiden, and lastly the anima in man and the animus in woman".
While the shadow usually personifies the personal unconscious, the anima or the Wise Old Man can act as representatives of the collective unconscious. [29] Jung suggested that parapsychology, alchemy, and occult religious ideas could contribute understanding of the collective unconscious. [30]
Plutarch's The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men, in the Loeb Classical Library. Seven Sages of Greece with illustrations and further links. Jona Lendering's article Seven Sages includes a chart of various canonical lists. Sentences of the Seven Sages; Fragment of a poem in which the Seven Wise Men were mentioned together, from Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Senex is a Latin word literally meaning a man of old age. Senex may also refer to: Wise old man, an archetype; John Senex (1678-1740), English cartographer; Stock characters: senex amans, an old man unsuitably in love with a much younger woman; senex iratus, an old man who irrationally opposes the love of the young couple
A "wise mystical tree" has become a hilarious TikTok meme thanks to some bizarre video game ads that target millennials. What is the old mystical tree face meme? Where did it come from?
Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir") [1] is an Indo-Iranian honorific term, [2] used in several West Asian, South Asian and African cultures.. It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu ascetics and Sikh gurus, as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba of Shirdi, Baba Ramdev, etc. [1] [3]