Ritual Purity

46 books featuring this theme

Ritual purity is a state fit for contact with the sacred, maintained by rules and washings. It manages boundary crossings and addresses pollution.

Book of the Dead cover

Book of the Dead

Anonymous • Egyptian

Oedipus Rex cover

Oedipus Rex

Sophocles • Greek

Oresteia cover

Oresteia

Aeschylus • Greek

Kojiki cover

Kojiki

O no Yasumaro • East Asian

Nihon Shoki cover

Nihon Shoki

Prince Toneri • East Asian

Atharvaveda cover

Atharvaveda

Anonymous • Indian

The Descent of Inanna cover

The Descent of Inanna

Anonymous • Mesopotamian

Avesta cover

Avesta

Various • Persian

Greek Magical Papyri cover

Greek Magical Papyri

Anonymous • Greek

Oedipus at Colonus cover

Oedipus at Colonus

Sophocles • Greek

Tibetan Book of the Dead cover

Tibetan Book of the Dead

Padmasambhava • Indian

Yajurveda cover

Yajurveda

Anonymous • Indian

Heracles cover

Heracles

Euripides • Greek

Brahmanas cover

Brahmanas

Anonymous • Indian

Flower Ornament Sutra cover

Flower Ornament Sutra

Anonymous • Indian

Florentine Codex cover

Florentine Codex

Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators • Mesoamerican

Bundahishn cover

Bundahishn

Anonymous • Persian

Greater Bundahishn cover

Greater Bundahishn

Anonymous • Persian

Lesser Bundahishn cover

Lesser Bundahishn

Anonymous • Persian

Fasti cover

Fasti

Ovid • Roman

Georgics cover

Georgics

Virgil • Roman

Norito cover

Norito

Anonymous • East Asian

Padma Purana cover

Padma Purana

Anonymous • Indian

Skanda Purana cover

Skanda Purana

Anonymous • Indian