Ancestor
8 books featuring this archetype
The Ancestor embodies lineage, memory, and social continuity. As a revered forebear, this figure legitimates authority, transmits customs, and anchors group identity across generations.
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous
400-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Kumulipo
Anonymous
1700-1800 CE
Pacific, Hawaiian
Hawaiian Antiquities
David Malo
1830-1850 CE
Pacific, Hawaiian
Engishiki
Fujiwara no Tadahira
927-967 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Annals of the Cakchiquels
Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá and Francisco Díaz
1570-1600 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Relación de Michoacán
Anonymous
1540-1550 CE
Mesoamerican, Purepecha
Tongan Myths and Legends
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
Pacific, Tongan
Codex Selden
Anonymous
1556 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec