Founding Ancestor
10 books featuring this archetype
The Founding Ancestor institutes lineage, territory, and charter myths. This figure legitimates institutions by linking them to primordial acts.
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri
720 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Book of Invasions
Anonymous
1000-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Myths of the Dogon
Oral Tradition
1930-1960 CE
African, Dogon
Codex Nuttall
Anonymous
1300-1500 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Title of the Lords of Totonicapán
Anonymous
1554 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Kwakiutl Tales
Franz Boas
1910 CE
Native American, Kwakiutl
Myths and Legends of Micronesia
Nancy Bo Flood
1900-2000 CE
Pacific, Micronesian
Codex Bodley
Anonymous
1500 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Kanuri Cosmology
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Kanuri
Goguryeo Stele Inscriptions
Anonymous
414-600 CE
East Asian, Korean