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
1300 BCE
Levantine, Ugaritic
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
1136 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian
109-91 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Romulus and Remus
Livy
27-25 BCE
Roman
Classic of Documents
Various
600-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Heimskringla
Snorri Sturluson
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Sumerian King List
Anonymous
2000-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Samguk Sagi
Kim Busik
1145 CE
East Asian, Korean
Ynglinga saga
Snorri Sturluson
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Ozidi Saga
Oral Tradition
1963-1977 CE
African, Ijo
Bamboo Annals
Anonymous
400-300 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Hrólfs saga kraka
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse
Kingship in Heaven
Anonymous
1400-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite
Song of Kumarbi
Anonymous
1500-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite
Codex Nuttall
Anonymous
1300-1500 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Gesta Hungarorum
Anonymous
1200-1210 CE
Slavic, Hungarian
Skjöldunga saga
Anonymous
1180-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse