Messenger
48 books featuring this archetype
The Messenger carries information that alters decisions or fate. This figure links distant agents and synchronizes events.
Ramayana
Valmiki
300-100 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
429-425 BCE
Greek
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Baal Cycle
Anonymous
1300 BCE
Levantine, Ugaritic
The Descent of Ishtar
Anonymous
1800-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Anonymous
900-1000 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous
700-500 BCE
Greek
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
500-400 BCE
Greek
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles
406-405 BCE
Greek
Works and Days
Hesiod
700 BCE
Greek
Yajurveda
Anonymous
700-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Qur'an
Anonymous
650-660 CE
Arabic, Islamic
Hippolytus
Euripides
428 BCE
Greek
Brahmanas
Anonymous
800-500 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Kathasaritsagara
Somadeva
1070 CE
Indian, Hindu
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
Anonymous
300-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Georgics
Virgil
37-29 BCE
Roman
Liezi
Lie Yukou
300-400 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Euripides
414-412 BCE
Greek
Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides
405 BCE
Greek
Matsya Purana
Anonymous
500-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Padma Purana
Anonymous
300-1500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Codex Mendoza
Anonymous
1541-1542 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Adapa and the South Wind
Anonymous
1400-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian