Monster Slayer
21 books featuring this archetype
The Monster Slayer neutralizes threats that embody chaos. This figure restores safe space for culture to flourish.
Rigveda
Anonymous • Indian
Poetic Edda
Anonymous • Germanic
Völsunga saga
Anonymous • Germanic
Shan Hai Jing
Anonymous • East Asian
Harivamsa
Vyasa • Indian
Book of Dede Korkut
Anonymous • Persian
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus • Germanic
Ragnars saga loðbrókar
Anonymous • Germanic
Kalevipoeg
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald • Slavic
Shanhai Jing Commentaries
Guo Pu • East Asian
Hrólfs saga kraka
Anonymous • Germanic
Ganesha Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Harivamsa Purana
Vyasa • Indian
Narada Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Blackfoot Cycles
Anonymous • Native American
Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest
Ella E. Clark • Native American
Kwakiutl Tales
Franz Boas • Native American
Zand-i Vohuman Yasn
Anonymous • Persian
Description of Greece
Pausanias • Greek
Hrómundar saga Gripssonar
Anonymous • Germanic
Fulgentius' Mythologies
Fabius Planciades Fulgentius • Roman