Guardian
11 books featuring this archetype
The Guardian protects persons, places, or treasures. This figure stabilizes boundaries and wards off profanation or threat.
Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Dhammapada
Anonymous
100 BCE
Indian, Buddhist
Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot
1835-1849 CE
Slavic, Finnish
Pyramid Texts
Anonymous
2350-2150 BCE
Egyptian
Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous
300-800 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian
Denkard
Adurfarnbag ī Farruxzādān and Adurbad ī Emēdān
800-1000 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Book of the Night
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
Inanna and the Huluppu-Tree
Anonymous
1900-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Menog-i Khrad
Anonymous
500-900 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian