Homecoming
21 books featuring this theme
Homecoming is return to origin after ordeal or displacement. It tests recognition, identity, and reintegration into lawful order.
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
The Story of Sinuhe
Anonymous
1900-1800 BCE
Egyptian
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles
406-405 BCE
Greek
Electra
Sophocles
420-410 BCE
Greek
The Tale of Igor's Campaign
Anonymous
1185-1200 CE
Slavic
The Knight in the Panther's Skin
Shota Rustaveli
1196-1207 CE
Persian, Georgian
Man’yōshū
Various
759 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Philoctetes
Sophocles
409 BCE
Greek
The Voyage of Bran
Anonymous
900-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Books of Chilam Balam
Anonymous
1600-1800 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Hopi Tales
Oral Tradition
1900-2000 CE
Native American, Hopi
The Wooing of Emer
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
Roman de Troie
Benoît de Sainte-Maure
1160 CE
Germanic, French
Kujiki
Anonymous
907-931 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Later Shamanic Epics
Various
1200-2000 CE
East Asian, Korean
Haustlöng
Thjodolf of Hvinir
900 CE
Germanic, Norse
Þiðreks saga
Anonymous
1250 CE
Germanic, Norse
Dionysiaca
Nonnus of Panopolis
400-500 CE
Greek
Orphic Argonautica
Anonymous
400-600 CE
Greek