Divine Favor
45 books featuring this theme
Divine favor is preferential support granted by a deity to persons or groups. It explains success and obligates gratitude, purity, and continued allegiance.
The Iliad
Homer
750-700 BCE
Greek
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Kebra Nagast
Anonymous
1314-1321 CE
African, Ethiopian
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Story of Sinuhe
Anonymous
1900-1800 BCE
Egyptian
Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
200-100 BCE
Greek
Romulus and Remus
Livy
27-25 BCE
Roman
The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
Anonymous
1900 BCE
Egyptian
The Tale of the Two Brothers
Anonymous
1200 BCE
Egyptian
Lalitavistara Sūtra
Anonymous
300-400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Sumerian King List
Anonymous
2000-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Georgics
Virgil
37-29 BCE
Roman
Alcestis
Euripides
438 BCE
Greek
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Euripides
414-412 BCE
Greek
Philoctetes
Sophocles
409 BCE
Greek
Matsya Purana
Anonymous
500-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Gilgamesh and Huwawa
Anonymous
2000-1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Birth Legend of Sargon
Anonymous
700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Kārnāmag-ī Ardashīr-ī Pābagān
Anonymous
500-700 CE
Persian
On the Nature of the Gods
Cicero
45 BCE
Roman
Engishiki
Fujiwara no Tadahira
927-967 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Metternich Stela
Anonymous
360-342 BCE
Egyptian
The Books of the Sky
Anonymous
1292-1070 BCE
Egyptian
Epinician Odes
Bacchylides
490-452 BCE
Greek