Archetype:High Priestess

High Priestess
High Priestess (Witchcraft)
The Archetype of:	High Priestess, the leader or head of the coven, and represents the divine feminine.

The archetype for the characters that possess or have traits of a high priestess. Variation of The Magician. Female counterpart to High Priest.

Also Called

• Divine Feminine
• Female Spiritual Leader
• Leader of the Coven
• The High Priestess
• Shuvani (Charmed)

Properties

As an archetype, the high priestess is a powerful sorceress that represents the divine feminine on earth and is the leadership of a religious/spiritual group working with the art or magic and has been present throughout various mythologies and continues in modern times.

Associated Powers

• Arcanescience (varies)
  • Forbidden Knowledge
  • Magic Detection
  • Magic Intuition
• Goddess (varies; goddesses only and/or acting as a representation of the goddess.)
  • Divinity
  • Femininity Deity
  • Incarnation
    • Divine Avatar
  • Transcendent Mage
• Group Leader
  • Collective Strength
  • Group Empowerment
  • Leadership Intuition and Managing Intuition
  • Overwhelming Influence
• Magician
  • Archmage (varies)
  • Clairvoyant
  • Sage
  • Seer or Oracle
  • Enchantress
  • Spiritualist
  • Supernatural Priest
• Mystic Human
  • Esoteric Force Manipulation
    • Magical Force Manipulation
      • Magical Energy Manipulation
        • Mana Manipulation
  • Omni-Magic
• Mystic Object
  • Magical Object Manipulation
    • Magic Books
    • Magic Bracelet, Necklace or Ring
    • Magic Scepter, Staff or Wand
• Supernatural Wisdom

Relationships

• Magic Deity
  • The user is likely serving a higher power.
• Wiccan Deity
• Wisdom Deity

Flaws/Weaknesses

• High priestesses are often connected to a higher being, losing them in any way may weaken the user.

Example Characters

Folklore/Mythology

• Isis (Egyptian Mythology)
• Virgin Mary (Esoteric Catholicism)
• Artemis/Diana (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Hecate/Trivia (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Persephone/Kore/Proserpina (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Circe (Greek Mythology)
• Pythia, Oracle of Delphi (Greek Mythology)
• Triple Goddess (Wiccan Mythology)

Live Television/Movies

• Zelda Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
• Shuvanis (Original Charmed Series)
• Penny Halliwell (Original Charmed Series)
• Evelyn Weir (My Babysitter's A Vampire)
• Jennifer Kale (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Items

• The High Priestess (Tarot)