Divination
127 books featuring this theme
Divination seeks knowledge of hidden or future events through sanctioned signs and techniques. It mediates decision-making by aligning human plans with perceived cosmic will.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian
Poetic Edda
Anonymous • Germanic
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Enuma Elish
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
The Aeneid
Virgil • Roman
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles • Greek
Oresteia
Aeschylus • Greek
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri • East Asian
Antigone
Sophocles • Greek
Theogony
Hesiod • Greek
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
Atrahasis
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
Avesta
Various • Persian
Völsunga saga
Anonymous • Germanic
Kebra Nagast
Anonymous • African
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous • Celtic
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth • Celtic
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Anonymous • Egyptian
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous • Greek
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles • Greek
Romulus and Remus
Livy • Roman
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition • African