▁any ▁individual ▁element ▁in ▁a ▁dream . ▁This ▁suggestion ▁would ▁find ▁an ▁important ▁point ▁of ▁rapp ro ch ement ▁between ▁the ▁struct ural ist ▁and ▁ps y cho anal yt ic ▁approaches ▁to ▁myth ▁in ▁Fre ud ' s ▁thought . ▁Carl ▁Jung ▁extended ▁the ▁trans histor ical , ▁psych ological ▁approach ▁with ▁his ▁theory ▁of ▁the ▁" collect ive ▁un cons cious " ▁and ▁the ▁arch et ypes ▁( in her ited ▁" arch a ic " ▁patterns ), ▁often ▁encoded ▁in ▁myth , ▁that ▁arise ▁out ▁of ▁it . ▁According ▁to ▁Jung , ▁" my th - form ing ▁struct ural ▁elements ▁must ▁be ▁present ▁in ▁the ▁un cons cious ▁ps y che ." ▁Compar ing ▁Jung ' s ▁method ology ▁with ▁Joseph ▁Campbell ' s ▁theory , ▁Robert ▁A . ▁Seg al ▁( 1 9 9 0 ) ▁con cludes ▁that ▁" to ▁interpret ▁a ▁myth ▁Campbell ▁simply ▁ident ifies ▁the ▁arch et ypes ▁in ▁it . ▁An ▁interpretation ▁of ▁the ▁Od ys sey , ▁for ▁example , ▁would ▁show ▁how ▁Od ys se us ' s ▁life ▁con forms ▁to ▁a ▁hero ic ▁pattern . ▁Jung , ▁by ▁contrast , ▁cons iders ▁the ▁identification ▁of ▁arch et ypes ▁merely ▁the ▁first ▁step ▁in ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of ▁a ▁myth ." ▁Karl ▁Ker ény i , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁modern ▁studies ▁in ▁Greek ▁myth ology , ▁gave ▁up ▁his ▁early ▁views ▁of ▁myth , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁apply ▁Jung ' s ▁theories ▁of ▁arch et ypes ▁to ▁Greek