1. Canon Definition

Mother is an archetype in the Universal Core family.

This entry is directly defined in the archetype registry source list.

This entry is not an identity, title, personality type, or moral status. It is a principle-intersection geometry used to map coherent expression, shadow risk, relational impact, timing, restoration, and scaling behavior.

2. Core Function

Nourishes, protects, births, and sustains emerging life or potential.

3. Coherent Expression

nurturance that strengthens sovereignty and life capacity.

4. Shadow / Inversion Expression

engulfment, overprotection, dependency, care as control.

5. Aliases / Related Forms

• Nurturer
• Caretaker
• Life-Giver
• Womb-Holder
• Hearth-Keeper
• Nourisher

6. Registry Mapping

Source depth: direct

7. Template Expansion Notes

The full ARCHETYPE-TEMPLATE.md expansion should add:

• principle basis and Sigma boundaries
• interface stack profile
• operator and coupling profiles
• scaling risks
• diagnostics
• restoration arc
• AI-mediated use
• symbolic / teaching translation

Entry Closure

Mother maps a coherent agency pattern in the Universal Core family and must remain audit-bound rather than identity-bound.