Archetype

ar·che·type

noun a very typical example of a certain person or thing. "the book is a perfect archetype of the genre" an original that has been imitated. "the archetype of faith is Abraham " synonyms:    quintessence, essence, representative, model, embodiment, prototype, stereotype; More a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology. "mythological archetypes of good and evil"