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Women who run with the wolves myths and stories of the wild woman archetype

The author's premise is that within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. Here, the author unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and...

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Main Author: Estés, Clarissa Pinkola (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, c1995.
Edition:1st Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.
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Wild women > Folklore.
Women > Folklore.
Women > Psychology.
Archetype (Psychology)
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Summary:The author's premise is that within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. Here, the author unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of this instinctual nature. Through these stories and commentaries, the author explores that inner female psyche, viewing it in turn as live-giving, magical and medicinal.
Item Description:"Updated, with new material by the author"--Cover.
Physical Description:xvii, 537 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:"Education of a young wolf, a bibliography": pages 507-513.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-506) and index.
ISBN:9780345396815
0345396812
Author Notes:Clarissa Pinkola Estes was born in Indiana in 1943 to parents of Spanish and Mexican ancestry, but was later adopted by Hungarian immigrants. She received her Ph.D. from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was certified as a Jungian analyst in 1984. She worked as a psychoanalyst in private practice and developed and taught the Writing as Liberation of the Spirit program in state and federal prisons.

Estes served as executive director of the C.G. Jung Center for Education and Research and cofounded and codirected Colorado Authors for Gay and Lesbian Equal Rights.

One of Estes's better-known writings, Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype (1992), is drawn from tales and myths she heard firsthand from members of such cultures as Asian, Mexican, African, and Greek. She also wrote The Gift of Story (1993). Her books can be found indexed under Psychology, Women's Studies, Mythology, Spiritual Development, and Poetry.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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