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 • Greek
The Odyssey
Homer • Greek
Enuma Elish
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Beowulf
Anonymous • Germanic
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles • Greek
Popol Vuh
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian
Theogony
Hesiod • Greek
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
Atrahasis
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous • Germanic
The Bacchae
Euripides • Greek
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous • East Asian
Medea
Euripides • Greek
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous • African
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous • Celtic
The Story of Sinuhe
Anonymous • Egyptian
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Anonymous • Germanic
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes • Greek
The Golden Ass
Apuleius • Roman
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition • African
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition • African
Epic of King Geser
Anonymous • East Asian
Shan Hai Jing
Anonymous • East Asian