2 Metaphors for mentors

Mentor, knowing his love was sensual love, hurried him away from the island.

Our mentors were Allston and King, nor could we have been better provided; Allston, a most amiable and polished gentleman, and a painter of the purest taste; and King, warm-hearted, sincere, sensible, prudent, and the strictest of economists.

2 Metaphors for  mentors