Vengeance
31 books featuring this theme
Vengeance is retaliatory harm to balance injury. It enforces honor and, without regulation, perpetuates cycles of violence.
The Iliad
Homer • Greek
The Odyssey
Homer • Greek
Poetic Edda
Anonymous • Germanic
Metamorphoses
Ovid • Roman
Oresteia
Aeschylus • Greek
The Song of Roland
Anonymous • Germanic
The Bacchae
Euripides • Greek
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous • Germanic
Völsunga saga
Anonymous • Germanic
Medea
Euripides • Greek
Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot • Slavic
Electra
Sophocles • Greek
Trojan Women
Euripides • Greek
The Secret History of the Mongols
Anonymous • East Asian
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus • Germanic
Hecuba
Euripides • Greek
Ozidi Saga
Oral Tradition • African
Grettir's Saga
Anonymous • Germanic
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
Anonymous • Germanic
Hrólfs saga kraka
Anonymous • Germanic
Ayādgār ī Zarērān
Anonymous • Persian
Nart Sagas
Anonymous • Persian
The Voyage of Mael Dúin
Anonymous • Celtic
The Illuyanka Myth
Anonymous • Levantine