Death
20 books featuring this theme
Death is the termination of embodied life and transition to other states. It structures mourning, memorial, and ethical reflection on human limits.
The Iliad
Homer • Greek
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian
Atharvaveda
Anonymous • Indian
Atrahasis
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Zhuangzi
Zhuang Zhou • East Asian
Iroquois Creation Cycles
Anonymous • Native American
Y Gododdin
Aneirin • Celtic
Liezi
Lie Yukou • East Asian
Adapa and the South Wind
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Hawaiian Mythology
Martha Warren Beckwith • Pacific
Polynesian Mythology
George Grey • Pacific
Epinician Odes
Bacchylides • Greek
Trachiniae
Sophocles • Greek
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest
Katharine Berry Judson • Native American
Nga Mahi a nga Tupuna
George Grey • Pacific
The Lore of the Whare-Wānanga
H. T. Whatahoro Jury • Pacific
The Myth of Aqhat
Anonymous • Levantine
Codex Borgia
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Krákumál
Anonymous • Germanic
Nornagests þáttr
Anonymous • Germanic