Guide
14 books featuring this archetype
The Guide orients the seeker through unknown terrain—geographic, moral, or spiritual. This figure transmits method rather than destination.
Heart Sutra
Anonymous
400-700 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Diamond Sutra
Anonymous
401-868 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous
200 BCE-500 CE
Greek
Samaveda
Anonymous
1200-800 BCE
Indian, Hindu
The Golden Ass
Apuleius
160-170 CE
Roman
Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous
300-800 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Shiva Purana
Anonymous
900-1400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Vimalakīrti Sūtra
Anonymous
200-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian
Adapa and the South Wind
Anonymous
1400-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Saturnalia
Macrobius
430 CE
Roman
Kalevipoeg
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald
1853-1862 CE
Slavic, Estonian
Kogo Shūi
Imbe no Hironari
807 CE
East Asian, Japanese
A True Story
Lucian of Samosata
100-200 CE
Greek