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CIPRIANO, Maria Elayne da Silva. Hades and Persephone: The symbolic elaboration of romantic separation from the perspective of Analytical Psychology. Junguiana [online]. 2026, vol.44, e01.  Epub 10-Abr-2026. ISSN 2595-1297.  https://doi.org/10.70435/junguiana.v44.302.

This article is grounded in Analytical Psychology, which employs the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone as an interpretive framework to reflect on the ending of romantic relationships. Myths are understood as archetypal expressions of the collective unconscious, capable of offering symbolic pathways for the elaboration of experiences of loss, grief, and transformation. Through a literature review and the comparative method, narrative elements of the abduction, the descent into the underworld, and the return to the surface are articulated with the emotional dynamics present in affective rupture, understood as symbolic death and an opportunity for psychic rebirth. The analysis highlights aspects related to individuation, projection, and the integration of the shadow, indicating that the symbolic reading of the myth facilitates the re-signification of pain and emotional maturation. Persephone’s journey, in which she returns from the underworld transformed into a queen, is taken as a metaphor for the reunion with the Self after separation, revealing the end of a relationship as an archetypal rite of passage.

Palavras-chave : relationship; analytical psychology; analytical psychotherapy; Greek mythology.

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