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 • Mesopotamian
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous • East Asian
Works and Days
Hesiod • Greek
Yajurveda
Anonymous • Indian
Huainanzi
Liu An • East Asian
Vishnu Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Florentine Codex
Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators • Mesoamerican
Bundahishn
Anonymous • Persian
Greater Bundahishn
Anonymous • Persian
Fasti
Ovid • Roman
Myths of the Dogon
Oral Tradition • African
Man’yōshū
Various • East Asian
Norito
Anonymous • East Asian
Litany of Re
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Book of Gates
Anonymous • Egyptian
Engishiki
Fujiwara no Tadahira • East Asian
Book of the Earth
Anonymous • Egyptian
Book of the Night
Anonymous • Egyptian
The Books of the Sky
Anonymous • Egyptian
Agni Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Brahmanda Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Linga Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Varaha Purana
Anonymous • Indian