Tempter
19 books featuring this archetype
The Tempter offers illegitimate shortcuts to power or pleasure. This figure tests integrity and clarifies boundaries of rightful action.
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Dhammapada
Anonymous
100 BCE
Indian, Buddhist
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
200-100 BCE
Greek
Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot
1835-1849 CE
Slavic, Finnish
Qur'an
Anonymous
650-660 CE
Arabic, Islamic
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
Joseph Bédier
1900 CE
Germanic, French
Jinn Lore and Desert Spirits
Anonymous
600-1900 CE
Arabic, Islamic
The Tale of the Two Brothers
Anonymous
1200 BCE
Egyptian
Kumarasambhava
Kalidasa
400-500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Philoctetes
Sophocles
409 BCE
Greek
Buddhacarita
Ashvaghosha
1-200 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Manimekalai
Sattanar
400-600 CE
Indian, Hindu
Divyāvadāna
Anonymous
100-400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Mahāvastu
Anonymous
100-400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
The Voyage of Mael Dúin
Anonymous
800-900 CE
Celtic, Irish
Song of Hedammu
Anonymous
1400-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite
Sörla þáttr
Anonymous
1387-1394 CE
Germanic, Norse
Erotika Pathemata
Parthenius of Nicaea
100-1 BCE
Greek