Divine Ancestry

4 books featuring this theme

Divine ancestry traces human lineages to gods, conferring prestige and authority. It legitimizes rule and ritual privilege through sacralized genealogy.

Heimskringla cover

Heimskringla

Snorri Sturluson

1220-1230 CE

Germanic, Norse

Ragnars saga loðbrókar cover

Ragnars saga loðbrókar

Anonymous

1270-1300 CE

Germanic, Norse

Theseus cover

Theseus

Plutarch

100 CE

Greek

Library of History cover

Library of History

Diodorus Siculus

60-30 BCE

Greek