Culture Hero
119 books featuring this archetype
The Culture Hero introduces essential skills, fire, or institutions. By outwitting forces of chaos, this figure elevates human life above the natural state.
Rigveda
Anonymous • Indian
Popol Vuh
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri • East Asian
Atrahasis
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
The Mabinogion
Anonymous • Celtic
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous • East Asian
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous • Greek
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus • Greek
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous • African
Kebra Nagast
Anonymous • African
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth • Celtic
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian • East Asian
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes • Greek
Romulus and Remus
Livy • Roman
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition • African
Dreamtime Stories
Oral Tradition • Pacific
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition • African
Book of Invasions
Anonymous • Celtic
Classic of Documents
Various • East Asian
Huainanzi
Liu An • East Asian
Brahmanas
Anonymous • Indian
Florentine Codex
Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators • Mesoamerican
Royal Commentaries of the Incas
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega • Mesoamerican