Cosmic Order
214 books featuring this theme
Cosmic order is the patterned structure that organizes time, space, and authority. It legitimizes rule and ritual by aligning human institutions with a stable universe.
Mahabharata
Vyasa
200 BCE-400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Poetic Edda
Anonymous
1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
Enuma Elish
Anonymous
1100-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Metamorphoses
Ovid
1 BCE-8 CE
Roman
Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Early Upanishads
Anonymous
300 BCE-200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri
720 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Atharvaveda
Anonymous
1-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous
100-300 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Baal Cycle
Anonymous
1300 BCE
Levantine, Ugaritic
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi
977-1010 CE
Persian
Avesta
Various
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
The Descent of Ishtar
Anonymous
1800-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous
400-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous
700-500 BCE
Greek
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
500-400 BCE
Greek