The monograph is the first in Ukrainian folklore studies to analyse the semantics of characters in Ukrainian folk magic tales of Transcarpathia in the context of psychoanalysis. The peculiarities of objectification of the archetypes "Anima", "Animus", "Self", "Wise Old Man (Woman)", "Spirit", "Shadow" are considered through the analysis of the plots. The heroes are interpreted as objectified archetypes of the collective unconscious, and the plots of fairy tales are metaphorical scenarios of age-related initiations of a man (in "male" tales) or a woman (in "female" tales). Using the provisions of psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud and C.-G. Jung, the author highlights the history of the human soul, which in fairy tales is hidden under a system of archetypal images, motifs and symbols. The system of characters in the fairy tales of Transcarpathia is considered as an inseparable unity of objectified archetypes, which in the process of interaction create a mosaic picture of human individuation, which, overcoming the boundary between the real and the unreal, finds the way to comprehend the Self.