Companion
23 books featuring this archetype
The Companion supports the protagonist with loyalty, counsel, or skills. This figure externalizes solidarity and distributes capacities across the quest.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni
1200-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Mahabharata
Vyasa
200 BCE-400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
Panchatantra
Vishnu Sharma
300-500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Parzival
Wolfram von Eschenbach
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Electra
Sophocles
420-410 BCE
Greek
Lalitavistara Sūtra
Anonymous
300-400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli
1196-1207 CE
Persian, Georgian
Culhwch and Olwen
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Ajax
Sophocles
450 BCE
Greek
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Euripides
414-412 BCE
Greek
Gilgamesh and Huwawa
Anonymous
2000-1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Voyage of Bran
Anonymous
900-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Mahāvastu
Anonymous
100-400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk
800-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
The Spoils of Annwn
Taliesin
1300-1350 CE
Celtic, Welsh
The Voyage of Mael Dúin
Anonymous
800-900 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Wooing of Emer
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Shield of Heracles
Hesiod
600-500 BCE
Greek
The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn
Anonymous
1100-1400 CE
Celtic, Irish
Þórsdrápa
Eilifr Godrunarson
980-995 CE
Germanic, Norse
Yngvars saga víðförla
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse