Twins
19 books featuring this archetype
The Twins embody duality—cooperation and rivalry, sameness and difference. Their interplay explains complementarity and conflict within order.
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous
700-500 BCE
Greek
Samaveda
Anonymous
1200-800 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Iroquois Creation Cycles
Anonymous
1600-1800 CE
Native American, Iroquois
Kumulipo
Anonymous
1700-1800 CE
Pacific, Hawaiian
Norito
Anonymous
927 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Romulus
Plutarch
100 CE
Greek
Diné Bahaneʼ
Anonymous
1984 CE
Native American, Navajo
Hawaiian Antiquities
David Malo
1830-1850 CE
Pacific, Hawaiian
Codex Nuttall
Anonymous
1300-1500 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Suma y Narración de los Incas
Juan de Betanzos
1551-1557 CE
Mesoamerican, Inca
Hopi Folklore
Anonymous
1880-1930 CE
Native American, Hopi
Micronesian Legends
Margarita N. Corpus
1900-2000 CE
Pacific, Micronesian
Codex Laud
Anonymous
1450-1550 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Codex Vaticanus B
Anonymous
1400-1600 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Codex Vindobonensis
Anonymous
1200-1521 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Kujiki
Anonymous
907-931 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Orphic Argonautica
Anonymous
400-600 CE
Greek