Priest
24 books featuring this archetype
The Priest performs rites that bind community to the sacred. This figure ensures purity, timing, and correct mediation.

Atharvaveda
Anonymous
1-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu

Classic of Poetry
Anonymous
400-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese

Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous
200 BCE-500 CE
Greek

Samaveda
Anonymous
1200-800 BCE
Indian, Hindu

Yajurveda
Anonymous
700-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu

Hebrew Bible
Various
1000-200 BCE
Levantine, Hebrew

Aranyakas
Anonymous
600-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu

Brahmanas
Anonymous
800-500 BCE
Indian, Hindu

Codex Mendoza
Anonymous
1541-1542 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec

On the Nature of the Gods
Cicero
45 BCE
Roman

Engishiki
Fujiwara no Tadahira
927-967 CE
East Asian, Japanese

Derveni Papyrus
Anonymous
340-320 BCE
Greek

Agni Purana
Anonymous
600-1100 CE
Indian, Hindu

Linga Purana
Anonymous
600-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu

Codex Nuttall
Anonymous
1300-1500 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec

Historia de los Mexicanos por sus Pinturas
Anonymous
1539-1541 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec

Relación de Michoacán
Anonymous
1540-1550 CE
Mesoamerican, Purepecha

Hausa Cosmology
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Hausa

Bhavishya Purana
Anonymous
800-1500 CE
Indian, Hindu

Codex Borgia
Anonymous
1500 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec

Codex Cospi
Anonymous
1480-1520 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec

Codex Laud
Anonymous
1450-1550 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec

Ritual of the Bacabs
Anonymous
1700-1800 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan

Codex Selden
Anonymous
1556 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec