Hospitality
145 books featuring this theme
Hospitality is regulated care for guests and strangers. It establishes ethical universals, tests hosts and travelers, and marks sacred protection of the vulnerable.
The Iliad
Homer • Greek
The Odyssey
Homer • Greek
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian
Mahabharata
Vyasa • Indian
Ramayana
Valmiki • Indian
Rigveda
Anonymous • Indian
Poetic Edda
Anonymous • Germanic
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson • Germanic
One Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous • Arabic
The Aeneid
Virgil • Roman
Beowulf
Anonymous • Germanic
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus • Greek
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
Avesta
Various • Persian
The Mabinogion
Anonymous • Celtic
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous • East Asian
Nibelungenlied
Anonymous • Germanic
Völsunga saga
Anonymous • Germanic
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous • Greek
Epic of Sundiata
Anonymous • African
Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous • Celtic
The Story of Sinuhe
Anonymous • Egyptian