Cave
12 books featuring this symbol
The cave marks an entrance to the underworld and a womb of regeneration. It is chosen for incubation, revelation, and trials of descent.

The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek

One Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous
1300-1800 CE
Arabic

Völsunga saga
Anonymous
1250-1270 CE
Germanic, Norse

Panchatantra
Vishnu Sharma
300-500 CE
Indian, Hindu

The Golden Ass
Apuleius
160-170 CE
Roman

Kathasaritsagara
Somadeva
1070 CE
Indian, Hindu

Book of the Heavenly Cow
Anonymous
1290-1150 BCE
Egyptian

The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian

The Book of Caverns
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian

Philoctetes
Sophocles
409 BCE
Greek

Book of the Earth
Anonymous
1145-1137 BCE
Egyptian

Grettir's Saga
Anonymous
1300-1350 CE
Germanic, Norse