The K'iche' Maya book of creation and mythic history, recounting the making of the world and the deeds of the Hero Twins. It is a masterpiece of indigenous American literature.
Sources for K'iche' Maya — The Popol Vuh
K'iche' Maya — The Popol Vuh in Religion & Spirituality
Held in the Religion & Spirituality chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Ancient Egyptian — The Book of the Dead (Spells for Coming Forth by Day) (−1550)
- Hinduism — The Rigveda (selected hymns) (−1500)
- Judaism — The Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) (−500)
- Christianity — The New Testament (60)
- Islam — The Qur'an (650)
- Buddhism — The Dhammapada (−300)
- Hinduism — The Upanishads (−700)
- Hinduism — The Bhagavad Gita (−200)
- Laozi — Tao Te Ching (−400)
- Confucius — Analects (−475)
- Zhuang Zhou — Zhuangzi (−300)
- Rumi — Masnavi (Book I) (1258)
- Augustine — Confessions (397)
- Thomas à Kempis — The Imitation of Christ (1418)
- Josephus — Antiquities of the Jews (93)
- Zoroastrianism — The Avesta (Zend-Avesta) (−1000)
- Sikhism — The Guru Granth Sahib (selected hymns) (1604)
- Anonymous — Theologia Germanica (1350)
- William James — The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
- Augustine — The City of God (426)