This dissertation explores female triads in Greek mythology from depth psychological and feminist perspectives. The female triads in this study include: the Fates (Moirai), Furies (Erinyes/Eumenides ), Hesperides, Graces (Charities), Hours ( Horai), Gorgons, Sirens, Graiai and Thriai.

The intention of this work is to broaden our understanding of female psychology by gathering female images that express other modes of being and imagining, and to explore more deeply a view of women based neither upon a model of power and significance, nor on the economic values of fecundity and maternity. My thesis is that female experience, as lived in the imaginary of myth, poetry and art and in the real body and psyche entails a multiplicitous experience of self. The female psyche moves in multiplicity, in contrast to the male which is often said to define itself through singularity.

This work bridges the methods of archetypal psychology and feminist studies, which, when employed simultaneously, bring to the inquiry of the female triad image a depth that speaks to both psyche and body. Furthermore, it asks whether the female triads deepen our understanding of women as articulated in depth psychology and feminist studies.

This dissertation re-evaluates the monotheistic Great Mother Goddess myth and its application to women's studies and depth psychology. Following this critique it turns to the myths and images of female triads in Greek mythology in order to give devoted and intentional space to these stories and figures so as to discern what psyche is revealing through these poetic images. Then it engages the theories concerning the trinity and triad symbol in depth psychology put forward in the works of Freud, Jung, Neumann and others. The differences between female triads and male trinities are highlighted. Following this it explores the feminist perspective as represented by Cixous, Irigaray, Downing, Chodorow, Lauter, and others with commitment to revisioning and conceptually transforming ideas about the female self. This feminist revisioning is brought forth by exploring in depth the female triad's relevance to a new understanding of female experiences and psyches.