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Goddesses of the Mind : Reimagining Indian Feminine Archetypes Through Contemporary Psychological Theory

Author(s) Ms. Dipanwita Chakraborty
Country India
Abstract Psychology has historically drawn upon mythology to illuminate the architecture of the human mind. Sigmund Freud borrowed the Oedipus myth; Carl Jung articulated the collective unconscious through universal archetypes. Yet despite India possessing one of the world's most elaborate mythological traditions, its feminine figures remain peripheral in mainstream psychological theorising. This paper proposes a novel framework, the Indian Feminine Archetype Model (IFAM), which reconceptualises mythological women of the Indian tradition not merely as literary or religious characters, but as culturally embedded psychological archetypes that encode enduring patterns of resilience, agency, wisdom, transformation, relational functioning, and growth through adversity. Drawing on Jungian analytical psychology, narrative identity theory, self-efficacy theory, and feminist psychology, fifteen archetypal figures, including Sita, Draupadi, Kali, Saraswati, Radha, and Ahalya, are systematically mapped onto contemporary psychological constructs. The paper presents five domain specific archetype clusters and a five-stage process model of internalisation. Implications for counselling psychology, gender psychology, and cross cultural research are discussed.
Keywords Indian Archetypes, Jungian Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Narrative Identity, Feminist Psychology
Published In Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On 2026-07-17
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i04.83872
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