Mentor
96 books featuring this archetype
The Mentor transmits knowledge, tools, or ethics to the novice. This figure prepares successors and ensures cultural continuity.
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Mahabharata
Vyasa
200 BCE-400 CE
Indian, Hindu
The Aeneid
Virgil
29-19 BCE
Roman
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory
1469-1485 CE
Germanic, English
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Dhammapada
Anonymous
100 BCE
Indian, Buddhist
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous
1100-1150 CE
Germanic, Old French
Jātaka Tales
Anonymous
100 BCE-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous
1900-2000 CE
African, Mandinka
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
1136 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin
1560-1620 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
200-100 BCE
Greek
Works and Days
Hesiod
700 BCE
Greek
Panchatantra
Vishnu Sharma
300-500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Romulus and Remus
Livy
27-25 BCE
Roman
The Golden Ass
Apuleius
160-170 CE
Roman
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Akan
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
Joseph Bédier
1900 CE
Germanic, French