Ancestral Guilt
23 books featuring this theme
Ancestral guilt is inherited culpability for earlier wrongdoing that shapes present fate. It motivates ritual repair, legal redress, and moral vigilance within families and polities.
Oresteia
Aeschylus • Greek
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus • Greek
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
Romulus and Remus
Livy • Roman
Electra
Sophocles • Greek
Soushen Ji
Gan Bao • East Asian
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus • Germanic
Ynglinga saga
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Theseus
Plutarch • Greek
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
Anonymous • Germanic
Hrólfs saga kraka
Anonymous • Germanic
Song of Kumarbi
Anonymous • Levantine
Fabulae
Hyginus • Roman
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
Anonymous • Celtic
The Conception of Cú Chulainn
Anonymous • Celtic
Shintōshū
Anonymous • East Asian
Commentary on the Aeneid
Servius • Roman
The Colloquy of the Ancients
Anonymous • Celtic
The Death of Conchobar
Anonymous • Celtic
Gautreks saga
Anonymous • Germanic
Posthomerica
Quintus of Smyrna • Greek
Fulgentius' Mythologies
Fabius Planciades Fulgentius • Roman
Sörla þáttr
Anonymous • Germanic