sacred texts
Divinely inspired words
Sacred texts are writings considered authoritative or divinely inspired within a religious tradition: the Bible, the Quran, the Torah, the Vedas.
They serve as foundations for belief, ritual, and moral guidance.
The term sometimes extends to secular works treated with unusual reverence: The Constitution has become a kind of sacred text in American political discourse.
- Sefer YetzirahHebrew mystical cosmogony treatise
- prayerAddress to deity
- holy bookSacred religious text
- altarSacred ritual table
- MahabharataSanskrit war epic
Dead Sea Scrolls · meditation · rituals · Agamas · Tao Te Ching · oral tradition · divine revelation · Torah · religious canon · Book of Common Prayer · Codex Sinaiticus · ancient manuscript · Analects · theology · chanting · Upanishads · bible · holy
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- cultural interpretationsymbolism, art criticism, literary analysis, iconography, semiotics
- Jedi itemslightsaber, utility belt, wayfinder
- cultural traditionsflamenco, tango, kabuki, hula, capoeira
sacred textspopular fiction
Widely read commercial literature
tabloid journalism · pulp fiction · technical manuals · trade publications · newspapers
sacred textsfiction
Imagined narrative work
mythology · fantasy literature · fairy tales · novels · tall tales