puer aeternus
Meanings
noun
- A child-god who is forever young.
- An archetype of eternal youth.
- A man who remains emotionally childlike.
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Etymology
From Latin puer aeternus (“eternal boy”) (in Ovid, Metamorphoses), after use in German by Carl Jung.
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