Oath

18 books featuring this symbol

An oath binds speech to transcendent witness and sanction. It stabilizes contracts and measures legitimacy through curse and blessing.

Atrahasis cover

Atrahasis

Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Medea cover

Medea

Euripides • Greek

Táin Bó Cúailnge cover

Táin Bó Cúailnge

Anonymous • Celtic

Oedipus at Colonus cover

Oedipus at Colonus

Sophocles • Greek

Jinn Lore and Desert Spirits cover

Jinn Lore and Desert Spirits

Anonymous • Arabic

Heimskringla cover

Heimskringla

Snorri Sturluson • Germanic

Gesta Danorum cover

Gesta Danorum

Saxo Grammaticus • Germanic

Suppliants (Aeschylus) cover

Suppliants (Aeschylus)

Aeschylus • Greek

Ajax cover

Ajax

Sophocles • Greek

Philoctetes cover

Philoctetes

Sophocles • Greek

Seven Against Thebes cover

Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus • Greek

Hrólfs saga kraka cover

Hrólfs saga kraka

Anonymous • Germanic

Helen cover

Helen

Euripides • Greek

Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird cover

Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird

Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Gesta Hungarorum cover

Gesta Hungarorum

Anonymous • Slavic

Dongmyeongwangpyeon cover

Dongmyeongwangpyeon

Yi Gyu-bo • East Asian

The Illuyanka Myth cover

The Illuyanka Myth

Anonymous • Levantine

Táin Bó Regamna cover

Táin Bó Regamna

Anonymous • Celtic