Heroic Quest
12 books featuring this theme
The heroic quest organizes a purposive journey involving trials, helpers, and returns. It models transformation and the acquisition of knowledge or power for communal benefit.
Popol Vuh
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus • Greek
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Anonymous • East Asian
Culhwch and Olwen
Anonymous • Celtic
The Tale of the Doomed Prince
Anonymous • Egyptian
Theseus
Plutarch • Greek
Gilgamesh and Huwawa
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Library of History
Diodorus Siculus • Greek
Fabulae
Hyginus • Roman
The Spoils of Annwn
Taliesin • Celtic
The Voyage of Mael Dúin
Anonymous • Celtic