Ritual Text
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A prescriptive document specifying procedures, words, offerings, and timings for rites. It includes rubrics, operative instructions, and contingencies for performance by priests or officiants.
Book of the Dead
Anonymous
1550-50 BCE
Egyptian
Atharvaveda
Anonymous
1-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous
200 BCE-500 CE
Greek
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Yajurveda
Anonymous
700-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Ifá Corpus
Oral Tradition
1200-2000 CE
African, Yoruba
Pyramid Texts
Anonymous
2350-2150 BCE
Egyptian
Aranyakas
Anonymous
600-200 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Brahmanas
Anonymous
800-500 BCE
Indian, Hindu
Kalpa Sutra
Bhadrabahu
400-500 CE
Indian, Jain
Norito
Anonymous
927 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian
Litany of Re
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Caverns
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Gates
Anonymous
1290-1180 BCE
Egyptian
Huarochirí Manuscript
Anonymous
1598-1608 CE
Mesoamerican, Inca
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
Isis and the Seven Scorpions
Anonymous
400 BCE
Egyptian
Metternich Stela
Anonymous
360-342 BCE
Egyptian
Orphic Hymns
Orphic tradition
100-300 CE
Greek
Linga Purana
Anonymous
600-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu