Prophet
28 books featuring this archetype
The Prophet delivers authoritative speech that critiques and redirects society. This figure claims insight into divine judgment and promise.
The Aeneid
Virgil • Roman
Antigone
Sophocles • Greek
Book of Enoch
Anonymous • Levantine
Kebra Nagast
Anonymous • African
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth • Celtic
Qur'an
Anonymous • Arabic
Hebrew Bible
Various • Levantine
Jinn Lore and Desert Spirits
Anonymous • Arabic
Trojan Women
Euripides • Greek
Primary Chronicle
Nestor • Slavic
The Secret History of the Mongols
Anonymous • East Asian
Hecuba
Euripides • Greek
Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides • Greek
Romulus
Plutarch • Greek
The Voyage of Bran
Anonymous • Celtic
Bamboo Annals
Anonymous • East Asian
Helen
Euripides • Greek
Annals of the Cakchiquels
Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá and Francisco Díaz • Mesoamerican
Books of Chilam Balam
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Ayādgār ī Zarērān
Anonymous • Persian
Zand-i Vohuman Yasn
Anonymous • Persian
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
Anonymous • Celtic
The Conception of Cú Chulainn
Anonymous • Celtic
The Wooing of Emer
Anonymous • Celtic