Father (Patriarch, Progenitor)

This archetype combines a talent for creating or initiating with the ability to oversee others, whether a biological family or a group
of creative people. Although the Father has taken on negative connotations associated historically with paternalism and male
dominance, we shouldn't lose sight of its primary characteristics of courage--think of Abraham leaving the home of his ancestors
to father a new race in a strange land--and protectiveness. A true Father guides and shields those under his care, sacrificing his
own desires when that's appropriate. The shadow Father emerges when that caring guidance and protection turns into dictatorial
control or abuse of authority.

Being a biological father and family man clearly isn't enough to include this archetype in your intimate circle. You will need to
uncover a life-long attachment to the role of family patriarch, however you conceive of that family.

Films: William Powell in Life with Father; Spencer Tracy in Father of the Bride; Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer; Gregory
Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird; Lamberto Maggiorani in The Bicycle Thief; Raymond Massey in East of Eden (shadow).

Television: Robert Young in Father Knows Best; Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons.

Fiction: All the Way Home by James Agee.

Religion/Myth: Most ancient cultures had at least one Father god, usually associated with the sky, who also functioned as creator
and patriarch, including Uranus and Zeus (Greece); Jupiter (Rome); Indra and Brahma (India); the "Jade Emperor" (China);
Izanagi (Japan); Re and Ptah (Egypt); Olorun and Obatala (Africa/Yoruba).