Avenging Deity
7 books featuring this archetype
The Avenging Deity enforces sacred law by punishing sacrilege, hubris, or oath-breaking. Its actions reassert cosmic balance and the inviolability of divine norms.
Metamorphoses
Ovid
1 BCE-8 CE
Roman
Trojan Women
Euripides
415 BCE
Greek
Silappatikaram
Ilango Adigal
200-500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Gilgamesh and Huwawa
Anonymous
2000-1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Pindar: Odes
Pindar
498-446 BCE
Greek
The Curse of Agade
Anonymous
2000-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Antoninus Liberalis: Metamorphoses
Antoninus Liberalis
100-200 CE
Greek