PuniCodex · Sacred Texts
The primary sources behind the Pantheon — critical editions and translations of the ancient texts, deep-linked by line and cross-linked to the temples of the gods they name.
Theogony
Hesiod's Theogony is the foundational genealogy of the Greek gods: from Chaos, Gaia and Ouranos through the Titans to the reign of Zeus. Nearly every Olympian temple in the Pantheon traces its lineage to a passage of this poem.
Homeric Hymns
Thirty-three hymns to the gods of Olympus — Demeter, Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite and their kin — sung in the Homeric metre. The most direct portrait we have of how the Greeks actually addressed their gods.
Works and Days
Hesiod’s second poem: Prometheus and Pandora, the Five Ages of Man, and the farmer’s year. The companion piece to the Theogony — where that poem gives the gods their genealogy, this one gives mankind its terms.
Metamorphoses
Ovid’s fifteen-book epic of transformation, from the creation to Julius Caesar. The great Roman mirror of the Greek gods — Iuppiter, Iūnō, Diāna, Cerēs, Plūtō and the whole Olympian court retold in Latin verse.
Poetic Edda
The thirty-five lays of the Elder Edda — Völuspá’s creation and doom, Hávamál’s wisdom, the adventures of Thor and the counsel of Odin. The foundation text of the entire Norse pantheon.
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson’s handbook of myth — Gylfaginning’s systematic account of the gods from creation to Ragnarök, and Skáldskaparmál’s catalogues of poetic speech. The scholar’s companion to the Poetic Edda.
The Book of the Dead
The Egyptian guide to the afterlife from the Papyrus of Ani — the weighing of the heart, the Negative Confession, and the spells that carry the ba and ka of the dead past Apep into the Field of Reeds.
Enūma Eliš
The Babylonian creation epic in seven tablets: Apsû’s fall, Tiamat’s war, and Marduk’s ordering of heaven and earth. The oldest creation narrative in the library.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The twelve-tablet epic of the king of Uruk — the cedar forest, the Bull of Heaven, the flood, and the search for everlasting life. The world’s first great literary work.
Avesta — Yasna & Yashts
The liturgical heart of Zoroastrianism — the Yasna litanies and the great Yashts. The primary home of Ahura Mazda and the Amesha Spentas: Aša Vahišta, Haurvatāt and Amərətāt.
Rig Veda
The 1,028 hymns of the oldest scripture in the world still in use — Sūrya, Vāc, Pūṣan, Tvaṣṭṛ, Varuṇa, Rudra and the Ṛta that orders them all. The deep root of the Sanskrit pantheon.
Ramayana
The journey of Rāma — exile, the abduction of Sītā, Hanumān’s leap, and the war for Laṅkā. The Ādikāvya, the first poem of the Sanskrit world.
Lotus Sutra
The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka — the Lotus of the True Law. Śākyamuni’s great sermon and the scripture of the bodhisattvas: Mañjuśrī, Vajrapāṇi, and Avalokiteśvara, who crosses the sea to become Guānyīn and Kannon.
Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtras
The larger and smaller Sukhāvatī-vyūha — the Pure Land sutras of Amitābha and the western paradise, with Akṣobhya’s eastern realm beside them.
Kojiki
The Record of Ancient Matters — Japan’s oldest book: the birth of the islands, the age of the kami, and the descent of the imperial line. The foundation text of the Japanese pantheon.
Nihon Shoki
The Chronicles of Japan — thirty books from the age of the gods to the seventh-century court, the sister chronicle to the Kojiki with its alternate tellings of the same creation.
Kumulipo
The Hawaiian creation chant in sixteen eras — from Pō, the deep night, through the birth of the gods Kāne and Kanaloa to the royal genealogies. Polynesia’s own theogony.
Polynesian Mythology
Grey’s classic collection of Māori legend — the children of Rangi and Papa, Tāne’s ascent, Tūmatauenga’s war, and Māui’s fishing-up of the world.
Tao Te Ching
The eighty-one chapters of the Way and its Power — the foundational scripture of Taoism and the source text of Tàijí, Yīn-Yáng and the nameless Tao.
Nigerian Studies — The Orisha Myths
The Orisha chapters of Dennett’s classic study — the earliest sustained English record of the Yoruba gods: Ṣàngó, Ẹṣu, Ògún, Ọya, Ọ̀rúnmìlà, Obàtálá and Olódùmarè. An oral corpus’s first written witness.
The Bible — King James Version
The foundational books of the Abrahamic tradition in the 1611 translation — Genesis to Revelation: the flood of Noah, the law of Moses, the psalms of David, and the wisdom of Solomon.
Which sacred texts does the PuniCodex Library hold?
The Library holds 21 sacred texts and manuscripts: the Theogony and Homeric Hymns, the Eddas, the Book of the Dead, Enūma Eliš, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Avesta, the Rig Veda, the Ramayana, the Lotus Sutra, the Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtras, the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the Kumulipo, Grey's Polynesian Mythology, the Tao Te Ching, and more — the primary sources of every pantheon in the lexicon.
Can I read the texts in the original language or in translation?
Both. Every reading page offers the native script and the translation side by side — Greek with Evelyn-White’s 1914 English for Hesiod, original and rendered forms for each tradition — with the ability to switch or run them in parallel.
How are the texts connected to the temples?
Deeply. Deity names are cross-linked inside the text itself: a god named in the Theogony links straight to that god’s temple, and first-mention line numbers are recorded, so every name is citable to the line. The links run from the texts to the temples — temple pages do not currently link back.
What translations and sources does the Library use?
Public-domain and openly licensed scholarly editions: the Perseus TEI for the Greek texts, the Evelyn-White 1914 translation of Hesiod, and each tradition’s standard public-domain translation. Every page states its source and license precisely.
Are the texts free to read and cite?
Yes — the Library is free to read and the underlying texts are public domain. Cite them as you would any scholarly edition: title, translator, and the line number, which every block of the Library displays.