Destroyer
17 books featuring this archetype
The Destroyer dissolves obsolete forms to clear space for renewal. This figure embodies necessary endings within larger cycles of creation.
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
The Destruction of Mankind
Anonymous
1400-1200 BCE
Egyptian
Vishnu Purana
Anonymous
300-600 CE
Indian, Hindu
Book of the Heavenly Cow
Anonymous
1290-1150 BCE
Egyptian
Matsya Purana
Anonymous
500-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Padma Purana
Anonymous
300-1500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Skanda Purana
Anonymous
600-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Agni Purana
Anonymous
600-1100 CE
Indian, Hindu
Brahma Purana
Anonymous
300-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Brahmanda Purana
Anonymous
300-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Kurma Purana
Anonymous
700-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Linga Purana
Anonymous
600-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Varaha Purana
Anonymous
900-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Vayu Purana
Anonymous
300-800 CE
Indian, Hindu
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk
800-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Inanna and Ebih
Enheduanna
2300 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Gróttasöngr
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse