Anima
One of the unique aspects of the aeon Anima is her two-halved nature. Just as every man contains a feminine side to his subconscious, each woman has a masculine side to her subconscious. This masculine side is known as the animus. According to Jung's theories, the anima and animus combine to form something known as a syzyny; a marriage of the minds.
Anima herself could be said to be an aeon representation of a syzyny. It can be theorized that Anima's upper half represents the anima while her lower half represents the animus. Yet, though she is a depiction of her son's anima and her own animus, Anima is still wholly a female aeon. According to Jung, "[t]he androgyny of the anima may appear in the anima herself."
The syzyny has two archetypes: the animus joined to the anima is known as the Wise Old Man archetype while the anima joined to the animus is known as the Chthonic Mother archetype. The lower animus half of Anima does resemble an (albeit demonic-looking) elderly man whose crown may suggest wisdom. The upper anima half of Anima is chthonic (underworldly) in apperance and Anima herself is a mother. However, the connection goes deeper than that.
Another name for the Chthonic Mother archetype is the Great Mother or Earth Mother. The archetypal Chthonic/Great/Earth Mother is driven by love, but destroys as a result of her love. She has good intentions that fail in their execution. Anima had Seymour's best interests in mind when she chose to become a fayth, but she failed to protect him due to his own lust for power.
