Rebirth
34 books featuring this theme
Rebirth is renewal of life or status following death, crisis, or initiation. It encodes cyclical time and the possibility of transformation.
Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Early Upanishads
Anonymous
300 BCE-200 CE
Indian, Hindu
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Baal Cycle
Anonymous
1300 BCE
Levantine, Ugaritic
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Avesta
Various
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
The Descent of Ishtar
Anonymous
1800-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Pyramid Texts
Anonymous
2350-2150 BCE
Egyptian
The Tale of the Two Brothers
Anonymous
1200 BCE
Egyptian
Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Greater Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1100 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian
Litany of Re
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Caverns
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Gates
Anonymous
1290-1180 BCE
Egyptian
Alcestis
Euripides
438 BCE
Greek
Matsya Purana
Anonymous
500-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu
The Book of Taliesin
Anonymous
1500-1600 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Shanhai Jing Commentaries
Guo Pu
300-600 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Book of the Earth
Anonymous
1145-1137 BCE
Egyptian
Book of the Night
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Books of the Sky
Anonymous
1292-1070 BCE
Egyptian