The Seba library treats Nike in 5 passages, across 4 authors (including von Franz, Marie-Louise, Jung, C.G., Hillman, James).
there is also Nike, the goddess of that magical moment when the scales tip over to victory in a battle or competitive game.
Von Franz defines Nike as the personification of a qualitatively charged instant in time — the numinous tipping-point of victory — situating her within a broader typology of gods who embody psychologically significant moments.
, Psyche and Matter, 2014thesis
Nike signifies that the soul struggle we
Jung’s seminar interprets Nike on a Gnostic cameo as a symbol of the soul’s victory in its inner contest, linking her to the eschatological resolution of psychic conflict.
, Dream Interpretation Ancient and Modern: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1941, 2014thesis
representations of Athene show her dressed in defensive armor, shielded, helmeted, and weaponed, sometimes with a small figure of Nike, victory, on her shoulder.
Hillman presents Nike as a subordinate attribute of Athena, a small embodied figure of victory carried by the goddess of civic intelligence, thereby tying victory to strategic mind rather than to autonomous power.
, Mythic Figures, 2007supporting
Nike (Athena), 59
Otto’s index entry collapses Nike into Athena, reflecting the archaic theological tradition in which victory is not a separate deity but an intrinsic attribute of divine wisdom.
, The Homeric Gods: The Spiritual Significance of Greek Religion, 1929supporting
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The index situates the kairos moment as a key concept in Jung’s seminar, providing contextual evidence that Nike’s temporal counterpart — the opportune instant — was a live concern in the same intellectual milieu.
, Dream Interpretation Ancient and Modern: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1941, 2014aside