Warrior King
23 books featuring this archetype
The Warrior King legitimates rule through military competence. His campaigns secure borders and internal cohesion.
Ramayana
Valmiki
300-100 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
1136 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Book of Invasions
Anonymous
1000-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Trojan Women
Euripides
415 BCE
Greek
Royal Commentaries of the Incas
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
1609 CE
Mesoamerican, Inca
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus
1185-1222 CE
Germanic, Norse
Ragnars saga loðbrókar
Anonymous
1270-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse
Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus
467 BCE
Greek
Welsh Triads
Anonymous
1200-1400 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Bamboo Annals
Anonymous
400-300 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Metternich Stela
Anonymous
360-342 BCE
Egyptian
Varaha Purana
Anonymous
900-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
The Song of Ullikummi
Anonymous
1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite
Codex Nuttall
Anonymous
1300-1500 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Relación de Michoacán
Anonymous
1540-1550 CE
Mesoamerican, Purepecha
Zand-i Vohuman Yasn
Anonymous
800-1000 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Bhavishya Purana
Anonymous
800-1500 CE
Indian, Hindu
The Wasting Sickness of Cú Chulainn
Anonymous
1100-1400 CE
Celtic, Irish
Dionysiaca
Nonnus of Panopolis
400-500 CE
Greek
Hákonarmál
Eyvindr Skaldaspillir
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Skjöldunga saga
Anonymous
1180-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Sörla þáttr
Anonymous
1387-1394 CE
Germanic, Norse