Drum
13 books featuring this symbol
The drum regulates communal time and induces altered states for ritual travel. Its beat anchors processions, warfare, and shamanic movement.
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous
1900-2000 CE
African, Mandinka
Panchatantra
Vishnu Sharma
300-500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Anansi Stories
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Akan
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition
1200-2000 CE
African, Yoruba
Epic of King Geser
Anonymous
1700-1900 CE
East Asian, Tibetan
Book of Dede Korkut
Anonymous
1500-1600 CE
Persian, Turkic
Mwindo Epic
Oral Tradition
1950-1960 CE
African, Nyanga
Haida Myths
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
Native American, Haida
Tlingit Myth Anthologies
John R. Swanton
1880-1950 CE
Native American, Tlingit
Tsimshian Myths
Franz Boas
1916 CE
Native American, Tsimshian
Hausa Cosmology
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Hausa
Madrid Codex
Anonymous
1250-1521 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Kanuri Cosmology
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Kanuri