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
700-600 BCE
Greek
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni
1200-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Ramayana
Valmiki
300-100 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Poetic Edda
Anonymous
1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
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
Beowulf
Anonymous
1000-1025 CE
Germanic, Anglo-Saxon
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
429-425 BCE
Greek
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory
1469-1485 CE
Germanic, English
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri
720 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous
100-300 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Avesta
Various
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous
1100-1150 CE
Germanic, Old French
The Bacchae
Euripides
407-405 BCE
Greek
The Descent of Ishtar
Anonymous
1800-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Mabinogion
Anonymous
1100-1410 CE
Celtic, Welsh