Seer
46 books featuring this archetype
The Seer perceives hidden patterns in time or omen. This figure advises rulers and heroes under the constraint of fate.
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Poetic Edda
Anonymous
1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
429-425 BCE
Greek
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
500-400 BCE
Greek
Book of Enoch
Anonymous
300-100 BCE
Levantine, Ethiopian
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
200-100 BCE
Greek
Vulgate Cycle
Anonymous
1210-1230 CE
Germanic, French
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition
1200-2000 CE
African, Yoruba
Cath Maige Tuired
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Huainanzi
Liu An
139-122 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Aranyakas
Anonymous
600-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Brahmanas
Anonymous
800-500 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Primary Chronicle
Nestor
1113-1118 CE
Slavic
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli
1196-1207 CE
Persian, Georgian
Myths of the Dogon
Oral Tradition
1930-1960 CE
African, Dogon
Man’yōshū
Various
759 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Samguk Sagi
Kim Busik
1145 CE
East Asian, Korean
Samguk Yusa
Iryeon
1281-1285 CE
East Asian, Korean
Soushen Ji
Gan Bao
300-400 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Ynglinga saga
Snorri Sturluson
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse