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Myth
Characteristic Notes
Myth Category
Mythological System
Goddesses in Therapy
Carl Jung’s theory regarding collective unconscious lead to many psychologists looking at the useful Goddess progress. No matter the historic beliefs held by the ancestors.
It represents the behavior of women in a given culture
Archetypal Psychology
Greek
The Goddesses within
The woman deals with conflicts amongst themselves or among others
Archetypal Psychology
Greek
Every woman’s Goddess
Women are complex beings therefore every woman has her own Goddess. This creates the sacred woman’s life and guides them spiritually starting from Jungian Feminist
Archetypal Psychology
Greek
Egypt
The Triple Goddess
The study of ancient myths regarding the woman divine is characterized into three categories, these are: LIFE, DEATH, and REGENERATION
Literary character types
Universal
Goddesses of Life
They are the source of the earth, nature, material cosmos, and universal womb. They assist in maintaining civilization and culture among people, and give law as well as maintain order
Literary character types
Sumerian goddess
Roman
Hindu
Greek
Goddesses of Death
The buried bodies in earthen tombs are revealed. It composes of underworld queens who receive these spirits upon death. The involved people are wise women, witches, and mediums.
Literary character types
Egyptian Isis
The Fire Goddess
Is responsible for shaping the sacred land and is most visible of all old goddesses leaving in volcanoes and craters of big islands
Sacrifice
Ancient America
White Buffalo Calf Woman
It has the characteristic of revealing dreams, visions, therefore someone can learn about evolution. It also assists people in fighting for their rights regarding love and life.
Accretions
Africa
The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi
Inanna is the earth mother goddess representing the fertility with earthly ties. The courtship sees Inanna ready to take her husband Dumuzi in order to complete her womanhood cycle. Inanna is a descendant from the moon god and moon goddess.
Religion;
Mesopotamia
A Taste of Earth
Deals with 12 traditional stories analyzing the life of rich Vietnamese. The earth is the source of all richness and someone has to dig deep in order to get more wealth
Wealth creation
Vietnam
Kali Beheaded
The myth concerns mother of universe who chopped off her head of her servant after complaining of hunger
People’s culture
Hindu
References
Hagin, S. (2005). The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi. Symbolic Connections in WL. The
twelfth edition. Kennesaw State university. pp. 29-49
Hillman, J. (1999) The Myth of Ananlysis: Three Essays in Archetypal Psychology. United States
of America: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.
Turnbull, S. (n.d). Goddess Gift: Discover Your Goddess Type, in the Goddess Within.
Retrieved from;
http://wwwA.goddessgift.com/articles/inner.pdf
