A MYTHICAL ARCHETYPAL FORM

Abstract

Myths and Archetypes, among others, are two major aspects of Oral literature which serve as useful raw materials for the artists alike. While Archetype is a primodal image of a figure, a thing or even a process, which repeats itself in the course of history. Myth is a fabulous story offering explanations and convictions of a people about such archetype figures and other metaphysical phenomena. Obaloyan, an erstwtule very big and popular town in history, is reduced to mere village by the activities of super-gnomes. The myth surrounding this incident has spanned several decades. This work confirms the potency and efficacy or otherwise of myths, legends, and Archetype as very useful raw materials for the narrators, artists and artistes