Ruler
50 books featuring this archetype
The Ruler centralizes decision-making and resource distribution. This figure’s legitimacy depends on justice, fertility, and defense.
Metamorphoses
Ovid • Roman
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles • Greek
The Song of Roland
Anonymous • Germanic
The Mabinogion
Anonymous • Celtic
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Anonymous • East Asian
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous • Germanic
Medea
Euripides • Greek
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous • Celtic
Works and Days
Hesiod • Greek
Qur'an
Anonymous • Arabic
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition • African
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition • African
Cath Maige Tuired
Anonymous • Celtic
Shan Hai Jing
Anonymous • East Asian
The Destruction of Mankind
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
Anonymous • Egyptian
Electra
Sophocles • Greek
Hippolytus
Euripides • Greek
Harivamsa
Vyasa • Indian
Lalitavistara Sūtra
Anonymous • Indian
Georgics
Virgil • Roman
Primary Chronicle
Nestor • Slavic
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli • Persian
Mwindo Epic
Oral Tradition • African