Fate
176 books featuring this theme
Fate is an impersonal or supra-personal determination of events beyond choice. It sets narrative limits and provokes reflection on freedom and responsibility.
The Iliad
Homer • Greek
The Odyssey
Homer • Greek
Mahabharata
Vyasa • Indian
Poetic Edda
Anonymous • Germanic
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
Enuma Elish
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Metamorphoses
Ovid • Roman
The Aeneid
Virgil • Roman
Beowulf
Anonymous • Germanic
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles • Greek
Oresteia
Aeschylus • Greek
Popol Vuh
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory • Germanic
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian
Antigone
Sophocles • Greek
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus • Greek
Theogony
Hesiod • Greek
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous • Germanic
The Bacchae
Euripides • Greek
The Mabinogion
Anonymous • Celtic
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Anonymous • East Asian
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous • Germanic
Völsunga saga
Anonymous • Germanic