---
title: "What is the Mother-Wound?"
description: "The near-universal injury of inadequate mothering in Taker culture, scaling from the personal wound to a collective distortion of the Mother archetype itself. Largely pre-verbal, it is healed not by insight but by receiving healthy mothering: from the Lower-World, the…"
url: "https://www.therapeutic-shamanism.co.uk/wiki/what-is-the-mother-wound/"
updated: "2026-11-10"
category: Glossary
---

# What is the Mother-Wound?

The near-universal injury of inadequate mothering in Taker culture, scaling from the personal wound to a collective distortion of the Mother archetype itself. Largely pre-verbal, it is healed not by insight but by receiving healthy mothering: from the Lower-World, the Power Animal's unconditional love, and Mother Earth.

## Where does this come up in the wiki?

These answers say more about it:

- [What is Power-loss?](/wiki/what-is-power-loss/)
- [How does Power Animal heal and support us?](/wiki/how-does-power-animal-heal-and-support-us/)
- [How is Power-loss healed and what is Power retrieval?](/wiki/how-is-power-loss-healed-and-what-is-power-retrieval/)
- [What is a Power Animal?](/wiki/what-is-a-power-animal/)

## Where can I find the other terms?

Every term used across the wiki has a short definition in the [glossary, A to Z](/wiki-glossary/#mother-wound).