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
458 BCE
Greek
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
Romulus and Remus
Livy
27-25 BCE
Roman
Electra
Sophocles
420-410 BCE
Greek
Soushen Ji
Gan Bao
300-400 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus
1185-1222 CE
Germanic, Norse
Ynglinga saga
Snorri Sturluson
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Theseus
Plutarch
100 CE
Greek
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
Anonymous
1200-1400 CE
Germanic, Norse
Hrólfs saga kraka
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse
Song of Kumarbi
Anonymous
1500-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite
Fabulae
Hyginus
1-100 CE
Roman
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel
Anonymous
800-1000 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Conception of Cú Chulainn
Anonymous
1100-1160 CE
Celtic, Irish
Shintōshū
Anonymous
1320-1350 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Commentary on the Aeneid
Servius
400 CE
Roman
The Colloquy of the Ancients
Anonymous
1200-1220 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Death of Conchobar
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Gautreks saga
Anonymous
1300-1400 CE
Germanic, Norse
Posthomerica
Quintus of Smyrna
300-400 CE
Greek
Fulgentius' Mythologies
Fabius Planciades Fulgentius
500-600 CE
Roman
Sörla þáttr
Anonymous
1387-1394 CE
Germanic, Norse