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
1200-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Poetic Edda
Anonymous
1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
Enuma Elish
Anonymous
1100-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Babylonian
The Aeneid
Virgil
29-19 BCE
Roman
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
429-425 BCE
Greek
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri
720 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Antigone
Sophocles
441 BCE
Greek
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous
100-300 CE
Indian, Buddhist
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
Völsunga saga
Anonymous
1250-1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Kebra Nagast
Anonymous
1314-1321 CE
African, Ethiopian
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth
1136 CE
Celtic, Welsh
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Anonymous
1180-1070 BCE
Egyptian
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous
200 BCE-500 CE
Greek
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles
406-405 BCE
Greek
Romulus and Remus
Livy
27-25 BCE
Roman
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition
1200-2000 CE
African, Yoruba