Herald
77 books featuring this archetype
The Herald announces change and summons to action. This figure sets narrative in motion, marking the shift from ordinary time to ordeal.
The Iliad
Homer
750-700 BCE
Greek
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Enuma Elish
Anonymous
1100-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Beowulf
Anonymous
1000-1025 CE
Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
429-425 BCE
Greek
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous
100-300 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous
1100-1150 CE
Germanic, Old French
The Bacchae
Euripides
407-405 BCE
Greek
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous
400-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Medea
Euripides
431 BCE
Greek
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous
1900-2000 CE
African, Mandinka
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Story of Sinuhe
Anonymous
1900-1800 BCE
Egyptian
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Anonymous
1300-1400 CE
Germanic, English
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
200-100 BCE
Greek
The Golden Ass
Apuleius
160-170 CE
Roman
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Akan
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition
1200-2000 CE
African, Yoruba
Epic of King Geser
Anonymous
1700-1900 CE
East Asian, Tibetan
Shan Hai Jing
Anonymous
300-100 BCE
East Asian, Chinese