Creation
47 books featuring this theme
Creation explains the origin of cosmos, gods, and humanity from precursor states. It establishes causality, purpose, and authority for subsequent order and ritual.
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
Enuma Elish
Anonymous
1100-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Atharvaveda
Anonymous
1-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Kalevala
Elias Lönnrot
1835-1849 CE
Slavic, Finnish
Qur'an
Anonymous
650-660 CE
Arabic, Islamic
Hebrew Bible
Various
1000-200 BCE
Levantine, Hebrew
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition
1200-2000 CE
African, Yoruba
Brahmanas
Anonymous
800-500 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Shiva Purana
Anonymous
900-1400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Iroquois Creation Cycles
Anonymous
1600-1800 CE
Native American, Iroquois
Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Greater Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1100 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Lesser Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Markandeya Purana
Anonymous
300-700 CE
Indian, Hindu
Matsya Purana
Anonymous
500-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Padma Purana
Anonymous
300-1500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Hawaiian Mythology
Martha Warren Beckwith
1940 CE
Pacific, Hawaiian
Polynesian Mythology
George Grey
1855 CE
Pacific, Polynesian
Denkard
Adurfarnbag ī Farruxzādān and Adurbad ī Emēdān
800-1000 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Derveni Papyrus
Anonymous
340-320 BCE
Greek
Brahma Purana
Anonymous
300-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu