The Odyssey: Characters & Archetypes

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Across
  1. 6. The archetype that guides and protects the hero by offering advice or gifts.
  2. 7. Transforms herself into an old family friend and sends Telemachus to find his father.
  3. 8. The son of Odysseus.
  4. 12. The archetype that is very loyal to the hero and helps them pass tests/challenges.
  5. 13. Turned Odysseus’s men into pigs.
  6. 16. The creature Odysseus stabs in the eye.
  7. 17. The Earth-shaker god who Controls the ocean.
  8. 19. Gave Odysseus a bag of wind.
  9. 20. The archetype that changes form or identity.
  10. 21. A blind prophet that lives in the land of the dead and gives Odysseus advice.
  11. 22. The main character in The Odyssey.
Down
  1. 1. A Whirlpool.
  2. 2. The archetype that tests the hero at important moments.
  3. 3. The wife of Odysseus.
  4. 4. The messenger of the gods.
  5. 5. The archetype that has arete and experiences an “all is lost” moment.
  6. 9. The archetype that gives the hero their call to action.
  7. 10. The archetype that tries to prevent the hero from getting what they want.
  8. 11. Fell in love with Odysseus and wouldn’t let him leave her island until Zeus ordered her to send him home.
  9. 14. The goddess that gives Odysseus a veil to protect him from injury and death.
  10. 15. A six-headed monster.
  11. 18. The king of _____ who reminded Odysseus of his promise.