Krishna Chandra SharmaDahal, Bipin Kumar2026-03-192026-03-192024https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/26003Matsya Purana,one of eighteen Puranas,originally in Sanskrit by Ved Vyas, here forworded into English byHorace Hayman Wilson and arranged by Nag Sharan Singh, is full of stories and episodes of different types and contexts.Some of the key stories have been analyzed as myths and archetypes on the basis of the key concepts of Joseph Campbell.Lord in the form of a fish is rescuing different creatures in the world from Pralaya(apoclypse) eliminating evil elements like demons. Myths of Aditya and Sanjna, myth of Indra, the myth of Soma and Tara just a few to name only represent and justify the concept of the myth and archetypes. Among many theorists about myths and archetypes, Joseph Campbell's ideas are taken for formalizing methodology as four types of myths and eight archetypes of character. Four types, most of myths are: pedagogical, cosmological, mystical and sociological. Eight archetype characters: are hero, ally, mentor,shapeshifter,herald, trickster, guardians and shadow. Some representative myths represent types and there have been categorized as the archetypes.The analysis of myths from Matsya Purana shows archetypal characters. All four types of myths can be found in Matsya Purana.Character archetypes are also of varieties as Campbell has categorized,for example,Manu as an ally,Vishnu as a guardian,Skanda as a hero,Parbati as a guardian,Taraka as an antihero or a trickstar,Somaas a trickster, one small fish as a hero from Matsya Puran.The story of Aditya and Sanjna,myth of Indra, the story of Soma and Tara,Sukra- Indra myth,Tripura Dahan myth, from the Mahabharata the myth of the fish incarnationand the myth of Savitri Satyavana are predominant because they represent and justify the idea or concept of the myth and the archetype. Key Words: myth, archetypes, types, character, Purana, identityen-USCulture maturedMatsya puranaThesis