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 • Mesopotamian
Mahabharata
Vyasa • Indian
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
Panchatantra
Vishnu Sharma • Indian
Parzival
Wolfram von Eschenbach • Germanic
Electra
Sophocles • Greek
Lalitavistara Sūtra
Anonymous • Indian
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli • Persian
Culhwch and Olwen
Anonymous • Celtic
Ajax
Sophocles • Greek
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Euripides • Greek
Gilgamesh and Huwawa
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
The Voyage of Bran
Anonymous • Celtic
Mahāvastu
Anonymous • Indian
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk • Mesopotamian
The Spoils of Annwn
Taliesin • Celtic
The Voyage of Mael Dúin
Anonymous • Celtic
The Wooing of Emer
Anonymous • Celtic
The Shield of Heracles
Hesiod • Greek
The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn
Anonymous • Celtic
Þórsdrápa
Eilifr Godrunarson • Germanic
Yngvars saga víðförla
Anonymous • Germanic