Seeker
20 books featuring this archetype
The Seeker pursues truth, artifact, or place beyond the known. This figure prioritizes inquiry over possession, shaping self through search.
Early Upanishads
Anonymous
300 BCE-200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Dhammapada
Anonymous
100 BCE
Indian, Buddhist
Heart Sutra
Anonymous
400-700 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous
100-300 CE
Indian, Buddhist
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Anonymous
900-1000 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Diamond Sutra
Anonymous
401-868 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Qur'an
Anonymous
650-660 CE
Arabic, Islamic
Jinn Lore and Desert Spirits
Anonymous
600-1900 CE
Arabic, Islamic
Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous
300-800 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Kalpa Sutra
Bhadrabahu
400-500 CE
Indian, Jain
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
Anonymous
300-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Vimalakīrti Sūtra
Anonymous
200-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Liezi
Lie Yukou
300-400 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Buddhacarita
Ashvaghosha
1-200 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Manimekalai
Sattanar
400-600 CE
Indian, Hindu
Adapa and the South Wind
Anonymous
1400-700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Mahāvastu
Anonymous
100-400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
The Myth of Telepinu
Anonymous
1600-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite
Menog-i Khrad
Anonymous
500-900 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian