Hero
149 books featuring this archetype
The Hero undertakes ordeal to repair or renew order. Through risk and transformation, this figure mediates between the human community and larger forces.
The Iliad
Homer • Greek
The Odyssey
Homer • Greek
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian
Mahabharata
Vyasa • Indian
Ramayana
Valmiki • Indian
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Enuma Elish
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Metamorphoses
Ovid • Roman
One Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous • Arabic
The Aeneid
Virgil • Roman
Beowulf
Anonymous • Germanic
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles • Greek
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory • Germanic
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus • Greek
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
Avesta
Various • Persian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous • Germanic
The Mabinogion
Anonymous • Celtic
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous • Germanic
Völsunga saga
Anonymous • Germanic
Jātaka Tales
Anonymous • Indian
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous • African
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous • Celtic