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
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Anonymous
900-1000 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Culhwch and Olwen
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Welsh
The Tale of the Doomed Prince
Anonymous
1300-1100 BCE
Egyptian
Theseus
Plutarch
100 CE
Greek
Gilgamesh and Huwawa
Anonymous
2000-1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Library of History
Diodorus Siculus
60-30 BCE
Greek
Fabulae
Hyginus
1-100 CE
Roman
The Spoils of Annwn
Taliesin
1300-1350 CE
Celtic, Welsh
The Voyage of Mael Dúin
Anonymous
800-900 CE
Celtic, Irish