Threshold Guardian
275 books featuring this archetype
The Threshold Guardian tests worthiness at points of transition. This figure enforces sequence, timing, and preparation.
The Odyssey
Homer • Greek
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian
Ramayana
Valmiki • Indian
Poetic Edda
Anonymous • Germanic
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Enuma Elish
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Metamorphoses
Ovid • Roman
Early Upanishads
Anonymous • Indian
Beowulf
Anonymous • Germanic
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles • Greek
Popol Vuh
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory • Germanic
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri • East Asian
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus • Greek
Theogony
Hesiod • Greek
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
Atrahasis
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Avesta
Various • Persian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous • Germanic
The Bacchae
Euripides • Greek
The Descent of Ishtar
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
The Mabinogion
Anonymous • Celtic