Jungian Ever After | Medea

Jungian Ever After | Medea

June 14, 2026

About this episode

This episode analyzes the story of Medea and her representation of the Death Mother archetype.

We analyze the story of Medea and her embodiment of perhaps the most disturbing archetype – the Death Mother. *Content warning: Infanticide* This episode we will be reading from  Medea , by Euripides (Translated by Rex Warner). The following is also referenced in this episode: The Death Mother as Nature’s Shadow: Infanticide, Abandonment and The Collective Unconscious – by Daniela Sieff Our intro/outro music a sample of  Seikilos Epitaph with the Lyre of Apollo , by Lina Palera, under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License. You can find the full version at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FreeMusicArchive.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Banner Image: Madame Janauschek as Medea Email: jungianeverafter@gmail.com Twitter: @JEA_Podcast Discord: https://discord.gg/GEdn4TPgHR Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/jungianeverafter

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