Medusa archetype

(T/W: mentions of violence and sexual assault)Medusa is such an important person in ancient mythology as an insight into how women are portrayed and demonised for things that are entirely out of their control. Although she is mythological, Medusa illustrates that stories about women often don't focus on the women themselves but how they interact with the men around them, meaning her humanity is often completely removed from her narrative. THE STORY OF MEDUSAMedusa was beautiful woman and…

ENG: Every archetype has its polarities and talks about a inner psychological journey. And Medusa's archetype has been very common in many women and men journeys, as the Zeitgeist of our time, depicted as repression of the feminine in patriarcal society and the hyper rationalization and polarity of mind. Carl Gustav Jung build his theory based on the split of psyche as a cause of sickness. And highlighted the necessity of the hiero gamos of the opposites in order to make the Self present as…