Afterlife Journey
8 books featuring this theme
The afterlife journey is the soul’s passage through trials, guides, and thresholds beyond death. It structures funerary rites and ethical teaching by mapping obstacles, judgments, and destinations of the dead.

Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian

The Mabinogion
Anonymous
1100-1410 CE
Celtic, Welsh

Pyramid Texts
Anonymous
2350-2150 BCE
Egyptian

Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian

Litany of Re
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian

The Life of Merlin
Geoffrey of Monmouth
1148-1150 CE
Celtic, Welsh

The Wooing of Étaín
Anonymous
900-1400 CE
Celtic, Irish

The Adventure of Nera
Anonymous
1200-1400 CE
Celtic, Irish