Indian mythology and literature are replete with examples of beautiful daughters who grace the house of illustrious fathers. The giving away of the daughter in marriage is the single biggest form of daan in Hindu culture, highlighting the sanctity of the daughter in the Indian psyche. What does it mean to be the daughter? How does the father present himself in the psyche of the Indian woman? As an embodiment of the wild woman archetype, the Indian woman shares a unique position with the father both in mythology and literature. This paper attempts to examine the father-daughter dynamic in Indian mythology through a select tale from the ancient fifteenth-century text Shuka Saptati. The interpretation offered paves a way for understanding the nuances of individuation in the feminine psyche.