I'm going to use our mythos , or the Strega mythos for this assignment.
Dis and Umbrea are wed in the underworld, they bear a son, Lupercus, who is the light of the world above, the Grigori carry him up to the world of Man whereupon he must complete 12 labors to prove his worth to the people, he does this and is a hero and people love and worship him. Each day he gathers the souls of the dead, takes them to the underworld where they are given refreshments and prepared for a new life, then escorted by the Gregori to the Goddess in Luna to await rebirth. Diana ascends to the world, falls for Lupercus, who then tells her that he is not only Lupercus, but also Cornunno God of the Forest, also Dianus first born of all the Gods! They fall in love and marry. He is mistaken for a deer and shot with a golden bow by another God at Harvest, (another of the mythos has him lying in a field after a hunt to rest, and he is sliced up by the farmer) and he descends to the underworld, becoming Dis, Diana follows, meets and marries Dis and she in turn becomes Umbrea, and the whole cycle or wheel of the year begins again. (There are many mythos, but this sums it up briefly)
Archetypes:
Here I think the Man/God can be shared by both Diana and Dianus.
The elementals I think are self-explanatory, they are the Gregori or the watchers - they are in Stregheria called Tago (North), Alpena (East, Settrano (South), and Meana (West).
Sympathetic to Man I think can also be shared by both Diana and Lupercus, we could also include Dianus here as he is sacrificed at Harvest.
Life and Death I think would be Dis
Again Seasons are also a shared archetype as Diana rules over Spring and Summer and Dianus/Lupercus over fall and winter
Fertility - I would have to say Diana.
Judgment - Dis
Deity of Celestial Bodies - Again, two, Diana - Moon, Dianus/Lupercus - Sun
Of course the big Hero in this story is Lupercus.
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