In Search of the Woman Warrior: Four Mythical Archetypes for Modern Women

340 Pages·1998·8.42 MB·English

by  Richard J. Lane

In Search of the Woman Warrior

In Search
of the
Woman Warrior
Four Mythical Archetypes
for Modern Women
Richard J. Lane
and Jay Wurts
Foreword by Marion Zimmer Bradley
E L E M E N T
Boston, Massachusetts • Shaftesbury, Dorset
Melbourne, Victoria
Text © Richard J. Lane and Charles J. Wurts 1998
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First published in the USA in 1998 by
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All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized, in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, without prior permission in writing from the publisher.
“Achilles Penthesilea' in Chapter 4 is reprinted with permission from The New York Review oj
Books. Copyright © 1993 NYREV, Inc.
“Perpetua’s Vision" in Chapter 5 is reprinted by permission of the publisher from A HISTORY OF
WOMEN IN THE WEST: FROM ANCIENT GODDESSES TO CHRISTIAN SAINTS, Volume I,
edited by Pauline Schmitt Pantel and translated by Arthur Goldhammer, Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, Copyright © 1992 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Originally
published as Storia delle Donne in Occidente, vol. 1, LAntichita, © Gius. Laterza 6z Figli Spa, Roma-
Ban, 1990. Based on the French translation of LATIN TEXT OF THE PASSION OF ST. PERPETUA
AND FELICITY.
Excerpts from WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES by Clarissa Pinkola EstCs, Ph D..
Copyright © 1992, 1995 All rights reserved. Used by kind permission of the author. Dr. Est£s,
and Ballannne Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lane, Richard J.
In search of the woman warrior: four mythical archetypes for modem women /
Richard J. Lane and Jay Wurts—1st ed.
p cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-86204-313-2 (alk. paper)
1. Typology (Psychology) 2 Archetype (Psychology) 3. Women—Psychology.
1 Wurts, Jay 11. Title
BF698 3L36 1998
305.4209—dc21 98-25708
CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data available.
First Edition
10 987654 32 1
Book design by Jill Winitzer
Printed and bound in the United States by Edwards Brothers
ISBN 1-86204-313-2
Contents
Foreword vii
Introduction xi
1 Womb of the Cave Bear—Birth of the Warrior Spirit 1
2 From the Steppes of Central Asia—Matriarchy
Enters the West 17
3 Outlaws Among Us—Amazons: The Alien-Other
Women Warriors 39
4 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Wields a Sword:
The Virgin-Mother Women Warriors 69
5 Of Woman Born—Mapping the Warriors Journey 103
6 Sisters of Arthur—The Woman Warriors
Quest for Justice 141
7 Forging the Iron Woman—The Primordial
Women Warriors 167
8 The Transcendental Woman Warrior 197
9 Women Warriors in Popular Culture 223
10 The Grail of the Modern Woman Warrior 241
11 Using the Woman Warrior Types 281
Appendix/The Warrior Types Questionnaire 301
Bibliography and Further Reading 307