Usurper
18 books featuring this archetype
The Usurper seizes power outside legitimate succession. This figure’s rise and fall test the resilience of institutions.
Baal Cycle
Anonymous • Levantine
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth • Celtic
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian • East Asian
Romulus and Remus
Livy • Roman
Classic of Documents
Various • East Asian
Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Sumerian King List
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Samguk Sagi
Kim Busik • East Asian
Ynglinga saga
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Ozidi Saga
Oral Tradition • African
Bamboo Annals
Anonymous • East Asian
Hrólfs saga kraka
Anonymous • Germanic
Kingship in Heaven
Anonymous • Levantine
Song of Kumarbi
Anonymous • Levantine
Codex Nuttall
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Gesta Hungarorum
Anonymous • Slavic
Skjöldunga saga
Anonymous • Germanic