Balance
7 books featuring this theme
Balance depicts a stable relation among forces—cosmic, social, or psychological. It guides ritual, law, and virtue by warning against excess and prescribing calibrated harmony.

Huainanzi
Liu An
139-122 BCE
East Asian, Chinese

Iroquois Creation Cycles
Anonymous
1600-1800 CE
Native American, Iroquois

Book of the Heavenly Cow
Anonymous
1290-1150 BCE
Egyptian

Diné Bahaneʼ
Anonymous
1984 CE
Native American, Navajo

The Myth of Telepinu
Anonymous
1600-1300 BCE
Levantine, Hittite

Hopi Folklore
Anonymous
1880-1930 CE
Native American, Hopi

Debate Between Sheep and Grain
Anonymous
2000-1500 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian