Mythology & Religion
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The Canaanite Gods and the Divine Council | Origins #4
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The Tale of Aqhat: The Bow of the Gods | Origins #3
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The Epic of Kirta: A King Without an Heir | Origins #2
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The Baal Cycle: Storm God vs. the Sea | Origins #1
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Canaanite Myth Origins: Baal and the Bible
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Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Fasti | Origins #3
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The Roman Gods and the State Cult | Origins #4
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Romulus and the Founding of Rome | Origins #2
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Virgil's Aeneid: From Troy to Rome | Origins #1
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Roman Myth Origins: The Aeneid and Rome's Founding
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The Maya Gods, Calendar and Codices | Origins #4
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The Dawn and the Origin of the Maya People | Origins #3
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The Hero Twins and Xibalba | Origins #2
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The Popol Vuh Creation Story | Origins #1
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Maya Myth Origins: The Popol Vuh Explained
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Sacrifice, the Calendar and the Afterworld | Origins #4
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The Aztec Gods and Tenochtitlan | Origins #3
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Quetzalcoatl and the Making of Humanity | Origins #2
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The Five Suns and the Aztec Creation | Origins #1
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Aztec Myth Origins: The Codices and Five Suns
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Neo-Confucianism and Its Spread in Asia | Origins #5
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The Five Constants and Filial Piety | Origins #4
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The Five Classics of Confucianism | Origins #3
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The Four Books: Learning, Mean, Mencius | Origins #2
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Confucius and the Analects Explained | Origins #1
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Confucian Texts: Four Books and Five Classics
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How Zoroastrianism Shaped Monotheism | Origins #4
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Creation, Judgment and World Renewal | Origins #3
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Dualism, Fire and the Tower of Silence | Origins #2
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Zarathushtra and the Avesta Explained | Origins #1
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Zoroastrian Texts: The Avesta and Dualism
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Judaism, Christianity and Islam Compared | Origins #5
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Jewish Practice: 13 Principles and Kosher | Origins #4
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The Talmud: Oral Law, Mishnah and Gemara | Origins #3
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The Torah and the Covenant with God | Origins #2
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The Tanakh vs. the Christian Old Testament | Origins #1
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Judaism's Texts: A Guide to the Tanakh and Talmud
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The Taoist Religion and the Daozang | Origins #4
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Immortality, Alchemy and the Eight Immortals | Origins #3
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Zhuangzi: The Butterfly Dream and Freedom | Origins #2
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Laozi and the Tao Te Ching Explained | Origins #1
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Taoism's Texts: Lao-Zhuang Thought and the Daozang
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Theravada, Mahayana and Japanese Buddhism | Origins #6
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The Buddhist Worldview and the Buddhas | Origins #5
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Mahayana Thought and the Idea of Emptiness | Origins #3
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The Pali Canon: Councils and the Tripitaka | Origins #2
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The Buddha's Life and the Four Noble Truths | Origins #1
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Buddhism's Texts: The Tripitaka and Major Sutras
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Hadith and Sharia: Sunni, Shia and the Schools | Origins #6
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Islam's End Times and the Last Judgment | Origins #5
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The Prophets of the Qur'an: Adam to Muhammad | Origins #4
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The Five Pillars of Islam Explained | Origins #3
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The Six Articles of Faith in Islam | Origins #2
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The Ramayana: Prince Rama in Seven Books | Origins #7
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The Qur'an: Revelation, Compilation, Structure | Origins #1
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The Bhagavad Gita: Krishna's Teaching | Origins #6
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Islam's Texts: The Qur'an, Hadith and Sharia
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The Mahabharata: The Great War of Kin | Origins #5
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The Ten Avatars of Vishnu Explained | Origins #4
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The Puranas and the Hindu Trimurti | Origins #3
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The Upanishads: Brahman and Atman | Origins #2
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The Vedas: Hinduism's Oldest Scriptures | Origins #1
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Hindu Myth Origins: From the Vedas to the Two Epics
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Houyi, Chang'e and Kuafu: Chinese Heroes | Origins #3
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The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors | Origins #2
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Greek Tragedy: Oedipus, Medea and the Stage | Origins #5
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Pangu and Nüwa: The Chinese Creation Myth | Origins #1
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Chinese Myth Origins: The Shanhaijing and Beyond
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Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fianna | Origins #3
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Cú Chulainn and the Cattle Raid of Cooley | Origins #2
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The Mabinogion: The Source of King Arthur | Origins #4
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The Book of Invasions and the Celtic Gods | Origins #1
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Celtic Myth Origins: The Ulster Cycle and Beyond
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World Myth & Religion: The Original Texts Explained
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The Creation of Humans and the Great Flood | Origins #3
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The Epic of Gilgamesh Explained | Origins #2
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The Enūma Eliš: Babylonian Creation Epic | Origins #1
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Mesopotamian Myth: Enūma Eliš and Gilgamesh
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The Book of the Dead and the Final Judgment | Origins #3
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The Egyptian Gods and the Aten Reform | Origins #4
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The Osiris Myth: Death and Rebirth | Origins #2
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Egyptian Creation Myths and the Sun God Ra | Origins #1
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Inanna's Descent to the Underworld | Origins #4
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Egyptian Myth Origins: Pyramid Texts to the Dead
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The Völsunga Saga: Sigurd and the Cursed Gold | Origins #3
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The Fudoki and the Land-Pulling Myth | Origins #5
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Snorri's Prose Edda: Creation to Ragnarök | Origins #2
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The Nihon Shoki and Its Variant Accounts | Origins #4
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The Poetic Edda: Norse Myth in Verse | Origins #1
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The Major Mahayana Sutras Explained | Origins #4
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The Heavenly Descent and Emperor Jimmu | Origins #3
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Yamata no Orochi and the Land Transfer | Origins #2
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The Kojiki: Creation and the Birth of the Gods | Origins #1
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Heracles and Perseus: The Greek Hero Myths | Origins #4
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Homer's Odyssey: The Ten-Year Journey Home | Origins #3
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Homer's Iliad: The Trojan War in 24 Books | Origins #2
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Hesiod's Theogony: Birth of the Greek Gods | Origins #1
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Japanese Myth Origins: Kojiki and Nihon Shoki
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Norse Myth Origins: The Eddas and the Sagas
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Greek Myth Origins: Hesiod, Homer and the Tragedies
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The Bible Explained: All 66 Books, Book by Book
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The Four Gospels: The Life of Jesus Christ | Origins #5
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Acts: The Birth of the Christian Church | Origins #6
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The 21 New Testament Epistles, Book by Book | Origins #7
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Revelation: The End Times in the Bible | Origins #8
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The 17 Prophetic Books of the Old Testament | Origins #4
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Psalms, Proverbs and the Wisdom Books | Origins #3
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The Old Testament History Books | Origins #2
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