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
29-19 BCE
Roman
Antigone
Sophocles
441 BCE
Greek
Book of Enoch
Anonymous
300-100 BCE
Levantine, Ethiopian
Kebra Nagast
Anonymous
1314-1321 CE
African, Ethiopian
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
1136 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Qur'an
Anonymous
650-660 CE
Arabic, Islamic
Hebrew Bible
Various
1000-200 BCE
Levantine, Hebrew
Jinn Lore and Desert Spirits
Anonymous
600-1900 CE
Arabic, Islamic
Trojan Women
Euripides
415 BCE
Greek
Primary Chronicle
Nestor
1113-1118 CE
Slavic
The Secret History of the Mongols
Anonymous
1240 CE
East Asian, Mongolian
Hecuba
Euripides
424 BCE
Greek
Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides
405 BCE
Greek
Romulus
Plutarch
100 CE
Greek
The Voyage of Bran
Anonymous
900-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Bamboo Annals
Anonymous
400-300 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Helen
Euripides
412 BCE
Greek
Annals of the Cakchiquels
Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá and Francisco Díaz
1570-1600 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Books of Chilam Balam
Anonymous
1600-1800 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Ayādgār ī Zarērān
Anonymous
500-900 CE
Persian
Zand-i Vohuman Yasn
Anonymous
800-1000 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
Anonymous
800-1000 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Conception of Cú Chulainn
Anonymous
1100-1160 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Wooing of Emer
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish