User:Elen Benfelen/Cosmic Man

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In Jungian theory, the Cosmic Man is an archetypal figure that appears in creation myths of a wide variety of mythology. Generally, he is described as helpful or positive, and serves as a seed for the creation of the world, such that after death parts of his body became physical parts of the universe. He also represents the oneness of human existence, or the universe.

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Cosmic Man is a symbol of Self in the Jungian archetypes and is part of the goal of individuation for the individual and the collective. The process of individuation in cosmic man is often part of creation but can take place after death. Physical features of Cosmic Man include a primordial cosmic giant that goes through the process of individuation. The process includes dismemberment, plant or animal qualities, and a quarternary structure. Cosmic Man contains aspects of an archaic identity. Ideas and emotional values are part of a collective unconscious agreement, creating a primordial bond between elements, plants, animals, and humans. The cosmic man archetype combines masculine and feminine or Anima and Animus and thus can be viewed as hermaphroditic or bisexual.

In Zoroastrian creation stories found in Persia, modern-day Iran, the primordial figure is Gayōmart who becomes earths metals and produces the first humans from Gold.

Purusha is the cosmic ancestor found in ancient India. Found in North East India, Kujum-Chantu is a cosmic giant who remained still to save humans; her body formed earth's features, the sun, and the moon upon her death.