The image of the woman — the Anima — having undergone evolution over the centuries, from the end of the 19th century onward, while preserving all traditional characteristics, marks a new stage in the development of the female image. The genre of the fairy tale, as one of the best means of manifesting archetypes, is filled with universal representations of the collective unconscious, including the image of the fatal woman. This issue is also expressed in original ways in contemporary artistic thought, particularly in the genre of the authorial fairy tale. The present article attempts to study the artistic interpretation of the archetype of the fatal woman through the fairy tales of Levon Khechoyan’s collection “The Guardian Angel of the House”, Elfik Zohrabyan’s fairy tale “The Thermometer of Love”, comparing them with the female characters from Hovhannes Tumanyan’s poem “The Capture of Fort Tmuk”, the ballad “Parvana”, and Daniel Varujan’s poem “The Concubine”. Archetypes, having a universal nature, manifest differently in each culture, based on the individual’s psychic development, and the Anima — the archetype of the collective unconscious — can also manifest on the level of consciousness through the image of the fatal woman.The aim of the article is to identify the characteristics of the Armenian fatal woman in the above-mentioned works and to present the specificities of Armenian national thinking and worldview within the genre of the authorial fairy tale.The article applies both analytical and comparative methods.By comparing the female characters of the Lady of Fort Tmuk, Nazenik, Princess Parvana, Arsine, and the women in Khechoyan’s fairy tales, it becomes clear that in Armenian literature, these enigmatic women mainly preserve the three main characteristics typical of the fatal woman: physical beauty, seductive charm, and the direct or indirect ability to cause death. However, alongside the main features, Armenian fatal women stand out with unique approaches to these three main traits, sometimes marked by the absence of one of the fundamental characteristics.

KeywordsJung archetype Anima Animus fatal woman symbol-image author’s fairy tale.

The image of the woman — the Anima — having undergone evolution over the centuries, from the end of the 19th century onward, while preserving all traditional characteristics, marks a new stage in the development of the female image. The genre of the fairy tale, as one of the best means of manifesting archetypes, is filled with universal representations of the collective unconscious, including the image of the fatal woman. This issue is also expressed in original ways in contemporary artistic thought, particularly in the genre of the authorial fairy tale. The present article attempts to study the artistic interpretation of the archetype of the fatal woman through the fairy tales of Levon Khechoyan’s collection “The Guardian Angel of the House”, Elfik Zohrabyan’s fairy tale “The Thermometer of Love”, comparing them with the female characters from Hovhannes Tumanyan’s poem “The Capture of Fort Tmuk”, the ballad “Parvana”, and Daniel Varujan’s poem “The Concubine”. Archetypes, having a universal nature, manifest differently in each culture, based on the individual’s psychic development, and the Anima — the archetype of the collective unconscious — can also manifest on the level of consciousness through the image of the fatal woman.The aim of the article is to identify the characteristics of the Armenian fatal woman in the above-mentioned works and to present the specificities of Armenian national thinking and worldview within the genre of the authorial fairy tale.The article applies methods of textual analysis and comparative philology.By comparing the female characters of the Lady of Fort Tmuk, Nazenik, Princess Parvana, Arsine, and the women in Khechoyan’s fairy tales, it becomes clear that in Armenian literature, these enigmatic women mainly preserve the three main characteristics typical of the fatal woman: physical beauty, seductive charm, and the direct or indirect ability to cause death. However, alongside the main features, Armenian fatal women stand out with unique approaches to these three main traits, sometimes marked by the absence of one of the fundamental characteristics.

KeywordsKeywords — Jung archetype Anima Animus fatal woman symbol-image author’s fairy tale.