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
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
429-425 BCE
Greek
Oresteia
Aeschylus
458 BCE
Greek
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri
720 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Atharvaveda
Anonymous
1-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Avesta
Various
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous
200 BCE-500 CE
Greek
Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles
406-405 BCE
Greek
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Yajurveda
Anonymous
700-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Heracles
Euripides
416 BCE
Greek
Brahmanas
Anonymous
800-500 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous
300-800 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Florentine Codex
Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators
1540-1577 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Greater Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1100 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Lesser Bundahishn
Anonymous
800-1200 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Fasti
Ovid
8-14 CE
Roman
Georgics
Virgil
37-29 BCE
Roman
Norito
Anonymous
927 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Padma Purana
Anonymous
300-1500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Skanda Purana
Anonymous
600-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu