Time Cycles
38 books featuring this theme
Time cycles articulate recurring patterns—days, seasons, ages—that structure ritual and memory. They frame renewal and predictability in human and cosmic life.
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous
400-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Works and Days
Hesiod
700 BCE
Greek
Yajurveda
Anonymous
700-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Huainanzi
Liu An
139-122 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Vishnu Purana
Anonymous
300-600 CE
Indian, Hindu
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
Fasti
Ovid
8-14 CE
Roman
Myths of the Dogon
Oral Tradition
1930-1960 CE
African, Dogon
Man’yōshū
Various
759 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Norito
Anonymous
927 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Litany of Re
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Gates
Anonymous
1290-1180 BCE
Egyptian
Engishiki
Fujiwara no Tadahira
927-967 CE
East Asian, Japanese
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
Agni Purana
Anonymous
600-1100 CE
Indian, Hindu
Brahmanda Purana
Anonymous
300-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Linga Purana
Anonymous
600-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Varaha Purana
Anonymous
900-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu