Liminality
19 books featuring this theme
Liminality is an in-between state during transitions where norms are suspended. It allows reconfiguration of identity before reintegration.
Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Shan Hai Jing
Anonymous
300-100 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Pyramid Texts
Anonymous
2350-2150 BCE
Egyptian
Primary Chronicle
Nestor
1113-1118 CE
Slavic
Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian
Shanhai Jing Commentaries
Guo Pu
300-600 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Book of the Night
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
Mudgala Purana
Anonymous
1200-1400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave
Anonymous
2000-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Haida Myths
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
Native American, Haida
Micronesian Legends
Margarita N. Corpus
1900-2000 CE
Pacific, Micronesian
Hausa Cosmology
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Hausa
The Battle of the Trees
Taliesin
1300-1400 CE
Celtic, Welsh
The Spoils of Annwn
Taliesin
1300-1350 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Cheoyongga
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
East Asian, Korean
Kanuri Cosmology
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
African, Kanuri
The Intoxication of the Ulstermen
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish
The Colloquy of the Ancients
Anonymous
1200-1220 CE
Celtic, Irish
Þórsdrápa
Eilifr Godrunarson
980-995 CE
Germanic, Norse