Lawgiver

47 books featuring this archetype

The Lawgiver establishes codes that regulate conduct and ritual. This figure translates divine or ancestral authority into normative systems.

Enuma Elish cover

Enuma Elish

Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Early Upanishads cover

Early Upanishads

Anonymous • Indian

Antigone cover

Antigone

Sophocles • Greek

Apollodorus' Library cover

Apollodorus' Library

Pseudo-Apollodorus • Greek

Atrahasis cover

Atrahasis

Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Diamond Sutra cover

Diamond Sutra

Anonymous • Indian

Kebra Nagast cover

Kebra Nagast

Anonymous • African

Qur'an cover

Qur'an

Anonymous • Arabic

Hebrew Bible cover

Hebrew Bible

Various • Levantine

Dreamtime Stories cover

Dreamtime Stories

Oral Tradition • Pacific

Classic of Documents cover

Classic of Documents

Various • East Asian

Heimskringla cover

Heimskringla

Snorri Sturluson • Germanic

Brahmanas cover

Brahmanas

Anonymous • Indian

Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra cover

Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra

Anonymous • Indian

Sumerian King List cover

Sumerian King List

Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Fasti cover

Fasti

Ovid • Roman

Primary Chronicle cover

Primary Chronicle

Nestor • Slavic

Suppliants (Aeschylus) cover

Suppliants (Aeschylus)

Aeschylus • Greek

Romulus cover

Romulus

Plutarch • Greek

Lives of the 63 Illustrious Beings cover

Lives of the 63 Illustrious Beings

Hemachandra • Indian

Codex Mendoza cover

Codex Mendoza

Anonymous • Mesoamerican

Eridu Genesis cover

Eridu Genesis

Anonymous • Mesopotamian

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Diné Bahaneʼ

Anonymous • Native American

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Denkard

Adurfarnbag ī Farruxzādān and Adurbad ī Emēdān • Persian