Transformation
79 books featuring this theme
Transformation is substantial change of form, status, or identity. It visualizes transitions and the permeability of categories.

Poetic Edda
Anonymous
1270 CE
Germanic, Norse

Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse

Metamorphoses
Ovid
1 BCE-8 CE
Roman

One Thousand and One Nights
Anonymous
1300-1800 CE
Arabic

Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian

Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese

Lotus Sutra
Anonymous
100-300 CE
Indian, Buddhist

The Mabinogion
Anonymous
1100-1410 CE
Celtic, Welsh

Zhuangzi
Zhuang Zhou
300-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese

Táin Bó Cúailnge
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish

Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin
1560-1620 CE
East Asian, Chinese

The Contendings of Horus and Seth
Anonymous
1180-1070 BCE
Egyptian

Argonautica
Apollonius of Rhodes
200-100 BCE
Greek

The Golden Ass
Apuleius
160-170 CE
Roman

Dreamtime Stories
Oral Tradition
1800-2000 CE
Pacific, Aboriginal Australian

Cath Maige Tuired
Anonymous
1100-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish

Book of Invasions
Anonymous
1000-1200 CE
Celtic, Irish

Epic of King Geser
Anonymous
1700-1900 CE
East Asian, Tibetan

Huainanzi
Liu An
139-122 BCE
East Asian, Chinese

Shan Hai Jing
Anonymous
300-100 BCE
East Asian, Chinese

Pyramid Texts
Anonymous
2350-2150 BCE
Egyptian

Kathasaritsagara
Somadeva
1070 CE
Indian, Hindu

Kumarasambhava
Kalidasa
400-500 CE
Indian, Hindu

Lalitavistara Sūtra
Anonymous
300-400 CE
Indian, Buddhist