Sacrifice
36 books featuring this theme
Sacrifice is regulated offering that establishes or restores relationship with the sacred. It manages debt, gratitude, and purification through exchange.
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
The Aeneid
Virgil
29-19 BCE
Roman
Popol Vuh
Anonymous
1554-1703 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Atrahasis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Song of Roland
Anonymous
1100-1150 CE
Germanic, Old French
The Descent of Ishtar
Anonymous
1800-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Samaveda
Anonymous
1200-800 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Yajurveda
Anonymous
700-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Brahmanas
Anonymous
800-500 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Florentine Codex
Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators
1540-1577 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Myths of the Dogon
Oral Tradition
1930-1960 CE
African, Dogon
Y Gododdin
Aneirin
600-1200 CE
Celtic, Welsh
Ynglinga saga
Snorri Sturluson
1220-1230 CE
Germanic, Norse
Alcestis
Euripides
438 BCE
Greek
Hecuba
Euripides
424 BCE
Greek
Iphigenia among the Taurians
Euripides
414-412 BCE
Greek
Iphigenia in Aulis
Euripides
405 BCE
Greek
Eridu Genesis
Anonymous
1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Annals of Cuauhtitlan
Anonymous
1570 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Codex Chimalpopoca
Anonymous
1608-1615 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Dresden Codex
Anonymous
1200-1250 CE
Mesoamerican, Mayan
Leyenda de los Soles
Anonymous
1600-1700 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec