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Virgil's Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. Cultural Origin: Ancient Rome.

An ancient Mesopotamian epic about the adventures of the historical King Gilgamesh. Cultural Origin: Mesopotamia.

An ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns, one of the four canonical sacred texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas. Cultural Origin: India.

A Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, it is considered one of the most important sources of classical mythology. Cultural Origin: Ancient Rome.

An Old Norse text composed by Snorri Sturluson, providing a guide to Norse mythology and heroic legends. Cultural Origin: Iceland.

One of the largest epic tales ever written, it details the story of the Pandava brothers and the Kurukshetra War. Cultural Origin: India.

A collection of Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius. Cultural Origin: Norse mythology.

An ancient Indian epic following the prince Rama's quest to rescue his wife Sita from the demon King Ravana. Cultural Origin: India.

Homer's epic following the Greek hero Odysseus' perilous journey home after the fall of Troy. Cultural Origin: Ancient Greece.

The Babylonian creation myth that describes the creation of the world, the rise of the god Marduk, and the origin of humanity. Cultural Origin: Mesopotamia.

A sacred text of the Maya people which narrates the creation of humanity, the adventures of the Hero Twins, and the Maya cosmology. Cultural Origin: Maya civilization.

An ancient Egyptian funerary text used from the beginning of the New Kingdom to around 50 BCE, which contains spells for the afterlife. Cultural Origin: Ancient Egypt.

Thomas Malory's compilation and interpretation of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Cultural Origin: Medieval England.

An Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines, it is the oldest surviving epic poem of Old English and the earliest piece of vernacular European literature. Cultural Origin: Anglo-Saxon.