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3,633 are the core, quality-scored corpus (34 lettered sections — see How We Work); the remaining 88 are cross-corpus synthesis documents (68 InterDocs, 12 Connections, 8 Theories) also indexed here.
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C_4_06 — Māori Mythology and Whakapapa
Māori mythology — the cosmological tradition of the Polynesian people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) — contains one of the world's most philosophically sophisticated creation narratives, moving from Te Kore (the Void/Potentia
C_4_15 — Taíno and Caribbean Indigenous Mythology
The Taíno, an Arawakan-speaking people who inhabited the Greater Antilles (Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico) and the Bahamas at the time of European contact in 1492, maintained a complex cosmological system centere
C_4_10 — Mapuche and Patagonian Traditions
The Mapuche people of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina represent one of the most remarkable cases of indigenous resistance in world history — the only major American group never conquered by the Inca Empire
C_5_14 — Malagasy Traditions and Madagascar's Unique Heritage
Madagascar presents one of the most extraordinary cultural puzzles on Earth: an island off the coast of East Africa whose primary language is Austronesian, most closely related to the Ma'anyan language of southeastern Bo
C_5_22 — Calendar Cosmology: How Ancient Civilizations Encoded the Universe in Time
Calendar cosmology — the encoding of cosmological beliefs, mythological narratives, and astronomical observations into calendrical systems — is a universal feature of complex civilizations. Every major culture developed
C_5_07 — Hittite and Hurrian Mythology — Kumarbi Cycle
The Hittite and Hurrian mythological traditions, preserved on cuneiform tablets from Hattusa (modern Boğazköy, Turkey), provide the crucial "missing link" between Mesopotamian and Greek mythology. The Kumarbi Cycle — a H
C_5_38 — Sky Burial: Excarnation, Ritual Exposure, and the Sacred Treatment of the Dead
Sky burial (jhator in Tibetan, meaning "giving alms to the birds") is a funerary practice in which the body of the deceased is placed on an elevated, open-air site and exposed to the elements and to carrion birds — prima
C_5_26 — World Age Doctrine: Cycles of Creation and Destruction
The World Age Doctrine — the belief that cosmic time is divided into successive ages or epochs, each ending in destruction and giving way to the next — is one of the most widespread cosmological frameworks in human thoug
C_5_31 — Resurrection and the Dying-Rising God: Death and Rebirth Across Traditions
The dying-and-rising god — a deity who dies (often violently), descends to the underworld, and returns to life — is one of the most debated categories in comparative religion. James George Frazer (The Golden Bough, 1890/
C_5_16 — Animal Totemism: Species as Identity, Ancestor, and Guide
Totemism — the system of belief and practice in which a social group (clan, moiety, or individual) maintains a special spiritual, ancestral, or symbolic relationship with a natural species or phenomenon — has been one of
C_5_32 — Flood Myths: Universal Deluge Traditions Across Civilizations
Flood myths appear in over 200 cultures across every inhabited continent, making the "Great Deluge" one of the most universal narrative motifs in human mythology. The oldest written version appears in the Sumerian Eridu
C_5_08 — Armenian Mythology and the Urartian Connection
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C_5_35 — Tibetan Buddhism: Vajrayana Tradition, Tantra, and Contemplative Science
Tibetan Buddhism — the Vajrayana ("Diamond Vehicle") tradition that developed in Tibet from the 7th century CE onward — represents one of the most elaborate systems of contemplative practice, philosophical analysis, and
C_5_20 — Seasonal Ritual Cycles: Solstice, Equinox, and Agricultural Festivals
Seasonal ritual cycles — religious festivals, agricultural ceremonies, and sacred observances tied to the solstices, equinoxes, and the transitional points between them — represent humanity's oldest continuous relationsh
C_5_24 — Sacred Kingship: Divine Rulers Across Civilizations
Sacred kingship — the institution by which a ruler derives authority not from popular consent or military power alone but from a divine mandate, descent, or identity — is one of the most pervasive political-religious str
C_3_03 — Sacred Kingship and Divine Rulership
Almost every civilization in recorded history has believed that their rulers held power through a divine connection. This is not mere propaganda — it is one of the most universal patterns in human culture, emerging indep
C_3_01 — Global Flood Stories
Over 500 independent flood traditions exist worldwide, spanning Mesopotamian, Biblical, Hindu, Chinese, Greek, Aboriginal, Mesoamerican, and dozens of other cultures. The oldest written accounts — the Sumerian Eridu Gene
C_3_07 — Initiation Rites, Coming of Age, and Ritual Transformation
Initiation rites — structured rituals transforming an individual from one social/spiritual status to another — are among the most universal and ancient human cultural practices. Arnold van Gennep (1909) identified the th
C_3_10 — Sacrifice and Offering Across Civilizations
Sacrifice — the ritual destruction or relinquishment of something valuable to establish, maintain, or restore a relationship with sacred powers — is arguably the most universal and foundational religious act in human his
C_3_09 — Sacred Pilgrimage Traditions Worldwide
Pilgrimage — the intentional journey to a sacred site for spiritual transformation — is one of the most universal religious practices in human history, documented across virtually every major world tradition and many Ind
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