Female Archetype: Warrior
September 16th 2007 00:47
The Warrior is a very masculine archetype. She is innovative, assertive, and courageous. Her will, motivation, and desire nature are strong. She is passionate and impulsive, forceful, active, and driven to succeed. The processes involved in transformation, regeneration, and sex are important to you. She can be compulsive and obsessed by a fear of death. A natural leader, she is often branded as a power-seeker. She may also have a tendency towards self-destructive action. This archetype may have an overly analytical or critical attitude toward others. A rebellious nature often brings sudden changes in their circumstances.
The Greek goddess Athena was, in her earliest incarnations, a weather goddess associated with storm and lightning. Her aegis, or great shield, in her earliest days represented the stormy night. Although she eventually lost her meteorological associations, she still partakes of the Air element’s attributes; she is cool, clear, rational, objective, and works in the world of Mind rather than Body or Mind or Heart. She was born from her father’s head, as he tricked her mother into turning into a fly and then swallowed her; she burst forth less like a baby and more like an idea, fully armed and ready to go.
Her dual roles as Wise Couselor and Battle Goddess, often wrongly seen as mutually exclusive, show that she is the strategist rather than the tactician. She can see all the way to the end of the battle and beyond - not just how it will be won, but what will have to happen then so that order can be restored. She is ruthless and clear-eyed, her gaze on the goal and all her will behind the battle. She gives the ability to plan brilliantly and execute things that no one else would have thought of. Warriors are intellectuals first. Their spears are their intellect; their swords are their ideals; their shields are their convictions. They intend to change the world, and they often do, to the chagrin of the slower people in it.
The Greek goddess Athena was, in her earliest incarnations, a weather goddess associated with storm and lightning. Her aegis, or great shield, in her earliest days represented the stormy night. Although she eventually lost her meteorological associations, she still partakes of the Air element’s attributes; she is cool, clear, rational, objective, and works in the world of Mind rather than Body or Mind or Heart. She was born from her father’s head, as he tricked her mother into turning into a fly and then swallowed her; she burst forth less like a baby and more like an idea, fully armed and ready to go.
Her dual roles as Wise Couselor and Battle Goddess, often wrongly seen as mutually exclusive, show that she is the strategist rather than the tactician. She can see all the way to the end of the battle and beyond - not just how it will be won, but what will have to happen then so that order can be restored. She is ruthless and clear-eyed, her gaze on the goal and all her will behind the battle. She gives the ability to plan brilliantly and execute things that no one else would have thought of. Warriors are intellectuals first. Their spears are their intellect; their swords are their ideals; their shields are their convictions. They intend to change the world, and they often do, to the chagrin of the slower people in it.
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Comment by Ash
Flashes of memories
now this sounds like the type of woman all girls should strive to be! I wanna be Xena
Ash
Comment by Kleonaptra
Kalikapsychosis
This is me, what I strive to be. Since Xena first came out Ive striven to be strong of body and mind, decisive and focused.....Oh, not to mention a deadly weapon even when unarmed?
Sorry havnt been about as much as Id like, busy! But Im still here. Thanks for this post, loved it!
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
I like to think that all women have a little warrior in them!
Mis
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
It is so good to see you! I have missed you gal! I am glad that you enjoyed this post! Warrior princesses unite!
Mis
Comment by Mrs M
Mum's Word
Love & stuff
Mrs M
Comment by Lilla
From The Home Front
Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
I like Xena and sometimes I feel just like her ... but all that might never makes me feel good in the long run ... I guess I fight more to see justice served than wield power, that's a different ideal in my book?
I'm enjoying these archtypes Mis, I can relate to them all really - depends of the day of the week and the weather *laughs*
Lilla ...
Comment by Miswanderlust
Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy
Ms. Environ(warrior)...I can so see your warrior vibe! I am so glad that you are enjoying these posts! Thanks for stopping by!
Mis