The Jungian Death Mother

The Jungian Death Mother

Topics covered:Parental selection in human evolution. I’ve written about this hereFor centuries, people created myths that sick or disabled babies were actually fairy imposters—“changelings”—swapped in to drain family resources.These infants were sometimes left in the woods overnight. If they died, it meant the fairies didn’t take them back. If they lived, people believed the real child had returned.From an evolutionary perspective, this was a b…