The game builds on ancient mythological figures through the inclusion of the aeons (see list of aeons), such as the Arab Jinn of fire Ifrit, the Hindu deity Shiva and even the Jungian figure Anima. Although both Valefor and Anima are generally thought to be male, they are both revealed to be female (Anima, according to Carl Jung, is the feminine side of a male's unconscious mind) -wikipidea
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anima has three different meanings
a. the soul-latin
b.the unconcious part of someone not shown in personality -jungian psychology
c.the femenim inner personality found in both males and females and animus is for masculinity * as mentioned this proves anima's gender -jungian psychology
it has to be one of the three i think it is all 3 in a way..
a.anima is seymours mothers soul
b.the evilness that is in seymour but not shown through his personality-maybe even his mother is evil who knows because u seen how evil anima is
c.seymours mother is anima and most of your anima is based of your relationship with ur mother so that is a connection i see there
u might be right i might who knows? its not like either of us could ask anyone who would truly know ourselves anyway so well just have to stick to opinions