Sky Father
190 books featuring this archetype
The Sky Father represents overarching authority, law, and generative potency. He structures kinship and sovereignty from above.
The Iliad
Homer
750-700 BCE
Greek
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni
1200-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Mahabharata
Vyasa
200 BCE-400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
Enuma Elish
Anonymous
1100-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Metamorphoses
Ovid
1 BCE-8 CE
Roman
Early Upanishads
Anonymous
300 BCE-200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Baal Cycle
Anonymous
1300 BCE
Levantine, Ugaritic
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
Avesta
Various
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous
400-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous
700-500 BCE
Greek
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Anonymous
1180-1070 BCE
Egyptian
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous
200 BCE-500 CE
Greek
Samaveda
Anonymous
1200-800 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Yajurveda
Anonymous
700-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu