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
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous
100-300 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Classic of Documents
Various
600-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
The Tale of the Two Brothers
Anonymous
1200 BCE
Egyptian
Heracles
Euripides
416 BCE
Greek
Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous
300-800 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Harivamsa
Vyasa
100-300 CE
Indian, Hindu
Shiva Purana
Anonymous
900-1400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Book of the Heavenly Cow
Anonymous
1290-1150 BCE
Egyptian
Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Caverns
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
Hymns to Inanna
Various
2300-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Book of Taliesin
Anonymous
1500-1600 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Welsh Triads
Anonymous
1200-1400 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Book of the Earth
Anonymous
1145-1137 BCE
Egyptian
Isis and the Seven Scorpions
Anonymous
400 BCE
Egyptian
Andromache
Euripides
425-420 BCE
Greek
Epinician Odes
Bacchylides
490-452 BCE
Greek
Epic of Erra
Kabti-ilani-Marduk
800-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Inanna and the Huluppu-Tree
Anonymous
1900-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Roman Antiquities
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
20-7 BCE
Roman
The Shield of Heracles
Hesiod
600-500 BCE
Greek