Myths do not say what should be but what is. At this juncture I feel it necessary to make clear that I am not wanting to justify the Taliban's violence and abuses of human rights. I am only attempting to view it from archetypal perspectives. This said, it is necessary to reiterate that violence can be viewed archetypally. And to do this it is necessary to view violence as an archetype.
Depth psychology understands violence to belong to the gods.
Rudolf Otto writes of the violent and demonic aspects of the mysterium tremendum . No one is as brutal as He. As a rule, God and the gods are characterized as brutal. . . . Almost all religions describe their deities as terrifying, brutal and awful. Violence, then, is considered to be archetypal in nature.