Protector
25 books featuring this archetype
The Protector defends the vulnerable and upholds boundaries. This figure’s presence deters threat and stabilizes social spaces.
Book of the Dead
Anonymous • Egyptian
Oresteia
Aeschylus • Greek
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
Classic of Documents
Various • East Asian
The Tale of the Two Brothers
Anonymous • Egyptian
Heracles
Euripides • Greek
Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
Harivamsa
Vyasa • Indian
Shiva Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Book of the Heavenly Cow
Anonymous • Egyptian
Coffin Texts
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Book of Caverns
Anonymous • Egyptian
Hymns to Inanna
Various • Mesopotamian
The Book of Taliesin
Anonymous • Celtic
Welsh Triads
Anonymous • Celtic
Book of the Earth
Anonymous • Egyptian
Isis and the Seven Scorpions
Anonymous • Egyptian
Andromache
Euripides • Greek
Epinician Odes
Bacchylides • Greek
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk • Mesopotamian
Inanna and the Huluppu-Tree
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Roman Antiquities
Dionysius of Halicarnassus • Roman
The Shield of Heracles
Hesiod • Greek