female archetype
Universal womanhood pattern
A female archetype is a recurring pattern or model of womanhood appearing across myths, literature, and psychology—the mother, the maiden, the seductress, the crone.
These figures embody universal aspects of female experience or perception: The femme fatale is a powerful female archetype in film noir.
Carl Jung popularized the concept, arguing such archetypes reside in the collective unconscious.
The term also describes idealized or stereotypical representations of women in culture and media.
- goddessFemale sacred being
- divine feminineSacred archetypal female spirit
- motherFemale parent
- maidenUnmarried young woman
- croneWizened old woman
inner goddess · priestess · sacred feminine · queen · muse · temptress · femme fatale · nurturer · witch · dark goddess · shadow self · virgin · fertility · womb · intuition · moon · feminine · wild woman
female, females, arch, arches, archetype, archetypes, archetypal, archetypical, archetypally