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 • Indian
Atharvaveda
Anonymous • Indian
Avesta
Various • Persian
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous • East Asian
Homeric Hymns
Anonymous • Greek
Samaveda
Anonymous • Indian
Kumulipo
Anonymous • Pacific
Chu Ci
Qu Yuan • East Asian
Norito
Anonymous • East Asian
Litany of Re
Anonymous • Egyptian
Hymns to Inanna
Various • Mesopotamian
The Cannibal Hymn
Anonymous • Egyptian
Epinician Odes
Bacchylides • Greek
Orphic Hymns
Orphic tradition • Greek
Pindar: Odes
Pindar • Greek
Inanna and Ebih
Enheduanna • Mesopotamian
Cheoyongga
Anonymous • East Asian
Hymns
Callimachus • Greek
Hymns to Enki
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Hymns to Enlil
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Þórsdrápa
Eilifr Godrunarson • Germanic