Gatekeeper
9 books featuring this archetype
The Gatekeeper controls access to sacred spaces or stages of initiation. This figure tests readiness and upholds boundary protocols.
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Fasti
Ovid
8-14 CE
Roman
Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Gates
Anonymous
1290-1180 BCE
Egyptian
Skanda Purana
Anonymous
600-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Book of the Earth
Anonymous
1145-1137 BCE
Egyptian
Codex Fejérváry-Mayer
Anonymous
1450-1519 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec