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Hey /lit/ I am looking to compile a list of books which can be considered a cultures 'roots' or quintessential to a certain culture. Generally relating to the creating of the universe, and the specific cultures creation myths.

At the moment if have -
>Journey to the West
>An English translation of Atra Hasis and other Mesopotamian myths
>Shahnameh
>Lord of the Rings
>The Iliad
>Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae

I am looking for a good copy of Mahabharata and Ramayana, are there any other cultures whom have written huge poetic epics? I know of the Poetic Eddas but I haven't been too interested in them yet. I am also particularly interested in anything related to African culture.

>> No.8947888
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8947888

>Lord of the Rings

>> No.8947909

>>8947888
>he doesn't know
Lord of the rings is quintessential modern fantasy.

Don't bother arguing senpai.

>> No.8948906

>Epic of Gilgamesh
>The Bible
>Beowulf
>Theogony
>Egyptian Book of the Dead

>> No.8948956

The Odyssey is a package deal with the Illiad as it represents the second half of the hero's journey in the campbellian monomyth
The Aeneid is also crucial as a formative work for Rome

I would add Beowulf (not a creation story but a heavily idolized story of political and religious history) and Le Morte D'Artur (which similarly provides a historical fantasy of the birth of the british tribes, albeit fantasized)

>> No.8948961

>>8948956
I L I A D *********

>> No.8948965

>>8948906
>The Bible
The Pentateuch and the Apocrypha, you mean.

>> No.8948967

>>8947873
Táin Bó Cúailnge