Hymn
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A formal song or prayer composed for praise, invocation, or thanksgiving. It uses conventional meters or prose formulas and is intended for liturgical or devotional performance.
Rigveda
Anonymous
1200-900 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Atharvaveda
Anonymous
1-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Avesta
Various
300-700 CE
Persian, Zoroastrian
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous
400-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous
700-500 BCE
Greek
Samaveda
Anonymous
1200-800 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Kumulipo
Anonymous
1700-1800 CE
Pacific, Hawaiian
Chu Ci
Qu Yuan
300-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Norito
Anonymous
927 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Litany of Re
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
Hymns to Inanna
Various
2300-1800 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
The Cannibal Hymn
Anonymous
2400-2300 BCE
Egyptian
Epinician Odes
Bacchylides
490-452 BCE
Greek
Orphic Hymns
Orphic tradition
100-300 CE
Greek
Pindar: Odes
Pindar
498-446 BCE
Greek
Inanna and Ebih
Enheduanna
2300 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Cheoyongga
Anonymous
1200-1300 CE
East Asian, Korean
Hymns
Callimachus
300-200 BCE
Greek
Hymns to Enki
Anonymous
2100-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Hymns to Enlil
Anonymous
2000-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Þórsdrápa
Eilifr Godrunarson
980-995 CE
Germanic, Norse