Temptress
13 books featuring this archetype
The Temptress concentrates seductive challenge to duty. She reveals the costs of distraction, disloyalty, or excess.
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni
1200-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory
1469-1485 CE
Germanic, English
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Anonymous
1300-1400 CE
Germanic, English
Works and Days
Hesiod
700 BCE
Greek
The Golden Ass
Apuleius
160-170 CE
Roman
Vulgate Cycle
Anonymous
1210-1230 CE
Germanic, French
Parzival
Wolfram von Eschenbach
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Hippolytus
Euripides
428 BCE
Greek
Trojan Women
Euripides
415 BCE
Greek
Theseus
Plutarch
100 CE
Greek
The Voyage of Bran
Anonymous
900-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Roman de Troie
Benoît de Sainte-Maure
1160 CE
Germanic, French