diff --git a/lib/phantom/scene.zig b/lib/phantom/scene.zig
index 4eeae7a..155da48 100644
--- a/lib/phantom/scene.zig
+++ b/lib/phantom/scene.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 pub const Properties = @import("scene/Properties.zig");
 pub const Renderer = @import("scene/Renderer.zig");
+pub const Path = @import("scene/Path.zig");
 
 pub const Node = union(enum) {
     container: Container,
@@ -30,4 +31,5 @@ test {
     _ = Properties;
     _ = Renderer;
     _ = Node;
+    _ = Path;
 }
diff --git a/lib/phantom/scene/Path.zig b/lib/phantom/scene/Path.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dd2bd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/phantom/scene/Path.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const SceneNode = @import("../scene.zig").Node;
+const Self = @This();
+
+pub const Error = error {
+    InvalidType,
+    InvalidIndex,
+};
+
+pub const Item = union(enum) {
+    index: usize,
+    tag: []const u8,
+
+    pub fn access(self: Item, node: *const SceneNode) Error!*const SceneNode {
+        return switch (self) {
+            .index => |i| blk: {
+                if (node.* == .container) {
+                    if (i >= node.container.children.len) break :blk Error.InvalidIndex;
+                    break :blk &node.container.children[i];
+                }
+                break :blk Error.InvalidType;
+            },
+            .tag => |t| if (std.mem.eql(u8, t, @tagName(node.*))) node else Error.InvalidType,
+        };
+    }
+};
+
+pub const Iterator = struct {
+    path: []const Item,
+    index: usize = 0,
+
+    pub fn peek(self: *Iterator) ?Item {
+        if (self.index >= self.path.len) return null;
+        return self.path[self.index];
+    }
+
+    pub fn next(self: *Iterator) ?Item {
+        const item = self.peek() orelse return null;
+        self.index += 1;
+        return item;
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn access(path: []const Item, node: *const SceneNode) (Error || error{UnexpectedTag})!*const SceneNode {
+    var iter: Iterator = .{ .path = path };
+
+    var curr_node = node;
+    while (iter.next()) |tagItem| {
+        const indexItem = if (iter.peek()) |item| blk: {
+            iter.index += 1;
+            break :blk item;
+        } else null;
+
+        if (tagItem != .tag and indexItem != null) return error.UnexpectedTag;
+        curr_node = try (indexItem orelse tagItem).access(curr_node);
+    }
+    return curr_node;
+}
+
+test {
+    const node: SceneNode = .{ .container = .{
+        .layout = .{},
+        .style = .{},
+        .children = &.{
+            .{ .container = .{
+                .layout = .{},
+                .style = .{},
+                .children = &.{
+                    .{ .text = .{
+                        .text = "Hello, world",
+                        .font = "ABC",
+                        .font_size = .{ .value = @splat(30) },
+                    } },
+                    .{ .text = .{
+                        .text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog",
+                        .font = "ABC",
+                        .font_size = .{ .value = @splat(30) },
+                    } },
+                },
+            } },
+        },
+    } };
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualDeep(&node.container.children[0].container.children[0], try access(&.{
+        .{ .tag = "container" },
+        .{ .index = 0 },
+        .{ .tag = "container" },
+        .{ .index = 0 },
+        .{ .tag = "text" },
+    }, &node));
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqualDeep(&node.container.children[0].container.children[1], try access(&.{
+        .{ .tag = "container" },
+        .{ .index = 0 },
+        .{ .tag = "container" },
+        .{ .index = 1 },
+        .{ .tag = "text" },
+    }, &node));
+}