Kingship
174 books featuring this theme
Kingship is sacralized rulership mediating between gods and people. It legitimizes law, warfare, and fertility through ritual and genealogy.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni • Mesopotamian
Mahabharata
Vyasa • Indian
Ramayana
Valmiki • Indian
Rigveda
Anonymous • Indian
Enuma Elish
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
One Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous • Arabic
Beowulf
Anonymous • Germanic
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles • Greek
Popol Vuh
Anonymous • Mesoamerican
Le Morte Darthur
Thomas Malory • Germanic
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro • East Asian
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri • East Asian
Baal Cycle
Anonymous • Levantine
Shahnameh
Ferdowsi • Persian
Avesta
Various • Persian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous • Germanic
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous • East Asian
Jātaka Tales
Anonymous • Indian
Kebra Nagast
Anonymous • African
The History of the Kings of Britain
Geoffrey of Monmouth • Celtic
Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin • East Asian
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian • East Asian
The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Anonymous • Egyptian
Bhagavata Purana
Anonymous • Indian