A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
manuscript; any nonprinted or handwritten text
a book or document written by hand