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Across 13 traditions, and 533 in none yet.
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The Green Pastures Play by Marc Connelly - The Snow Maiden Play by Alexander Ostrovsky
- What Does the Bible Really Teach? Jehovah's Witnesses tract
- Wuzhen pian 1075 Daoist text on internal alchemy by Zhang Boduan
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Buddhist traditions Zhaocheng Jin Tripitaka An edition of Chinese Buddhist canon published in Jin dynasty, dicovered in Zhaocheng, Shanxi -
A History of New York 1809 novel by Washington Irving - A Kidnapped Santa Claus Short story by L. Frank Baum
- Christianity Acts of Philip 4th-century Christian text
- Acts of Timothy Christian writings regarding the apostle Timothy
- Amidah
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Buddhist traditions Angulimaliya Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra belonging to the Tathāgatagarbha class - Apocalypse of Sedrach Greek-language apocalypse; the titular figure, perhaps the Greek form of Shadrach or a corruption of Ezra, sees a vision of Jesus; appears to be a Christian redaction of a Jewish text, with ‘Jesus’ substituted in place of an angel
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Greek and Roman Artemis of Ephesus Greco-Roman deity venerated in Ephesus - Buddhist traditions Āṭānāṭiya Sutta 32nd Sutta in the Digha Nikaya
- South Asian traditions Avadhuta Gita Hindu text with Advaita Vedanta philosophy
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Judaism Barukh she'amar Opening blessing to pesukei dezimra - Christianity Befiehl du deine Wege Song
- Books of the Kingdoms Combination of the books of 1–2 Samuel and 1–2 Kings, found in the Septuagint and in other Bibles
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Canigó 1886 poem written by Jacint Verdaguer - Commentary on the Ten Stages Sutra
- Consecration and entrustment to Mary Catholic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Buddhist traditions Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks Buddhist texts by Daoxuan -
De lingua Latina Book on latin language and grammar by Marcus Terentius Varro -
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven 1909 short story by Mark Twain - Christianity Gospel of Cerinthus Lost text used by Carpocrates
- Gospel of Gamaliel Apocryphal writing
- Greek Apocalypse of Daniel
- Norse and Germanic Hamðismál Poem in the Poetic Edda
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Norse and Germanic Helreið Brynhildar Poem - Christianity Herzliebster Jesu Song
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Christianity Immaculate Mary Catholic Marian hymn
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Izumo Fudoki Ancient Japanese Provincial Gazeteer - Christianity Jesus Christ is Risen Today 18th century English rendition of "Surrexit Christus hodie"
- Christianity Jesus Loves Me Song
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Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice Novel by James Branch Cabell - Buddhist traditions Kayagatasati Sutta The 119th sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya
- Iranian traditions Kephalaia Manichaean literature
- King Laurin South Tyrolean saga
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Kristiánova legenda Literary work - Christianity Lambeth Articles 1595 doctrinal statement on predestination that failed to gain acceptance by the Church of England
- Lives of the Prophets Ancient account of the lives of the prophets from the Tanakh, surviving in Greek, Latin, Syriac, Armenian, and Arabic manuscripts
- Maariful Quran Sunni Urdu tafsir by Pakistani cleric Mufti Muhammad Shafi
- Makhzan al-Irfan fi Tafsir al-Quran 15-volume Twelver Shia tafsir
- Christianity Maria durch ein Dornwald ging Christian hymn
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Mikagura-uta Liturgical hymnbook of the Tenrikyo religion - South Asian traditions Muktika Upanishad Last of the 108 Upanishads listed in the Muktika Canon
- Buddhist traditions Mulapariyaya Sutta The first sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya; analyzes the thinking process of four types of people; shows how dukkha arises due to an intricate process starting with perception and why it can only be ended by insight into the true nature of reality
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Nagar Kirtan Indian religious tradition
- Buddhist traditions Nettipakarana Pāli Buddhist text, sometimes included in the Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon, that systematizes Buddhist teachings; the text describes itself as being composed by Kaccana
- Christianity O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing Christian hymn written by Charles Wesley
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Ōharae no Kotoba Norito in Shinto rituals -
Old Santeclaus with Much Delight Anonymous 1821 Christmas poem - Christianity Parable of the assassin Parable in the Gospel of Thomas: “The kingdom […] is like a certain man who wanted to kill a powerful man. In his own house he drew his sword and stuck it into the wall to find out whether his hand could carry through. Then he slew the powerful man.”
- South Asian traditions Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Upanishad A Hindu text on spirituality, monastic life, renunciation
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Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences Cultural landscape World Heritage Site, in Madrid (Spain) - Buddhist traditions Petavatthu A part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon, dating to later than 300 BCE; consists of 51 verse narratives about how bad karma leads to rebirth in the realm of petas (ghosts) and how meritorious actions by the living can benefit such suffering souls
- Purva Mimamsa Sutras Ancient Hindu Philosophical text
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South Asian traditions Rama in Jainism Jain deity -
Reikai Monogatari Oomoto religious text dictated by Onisaburo Deguchi - South Asian traditions Rudrahridaya Upanishad Shaiva Hindu text
- Buddhist traditions Sammaditthi Sutta The 9th sutta in the Majjhima Nikaya
- Buddhist traditions Sanghata Sutra Mahāyāna Buddhist sūtra extant in Sanskrit, in two Chinese translations (T. 423, T. 424) and a Tibetan translation as well as Khotanese and Sogdian fragments
- South Asian traditions Sarvasara Upanishad
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Buddhist traditions Sarvāstivāda Vinaya Chinese translation of the Sarvāstivāda version of the Vinaya -
Seder HaDoroth Book by Yeḥiʾēl Ben-Shelomoh Hailprin - Sutra of the Wise and the Fool Collection of jataka tales translated from Central Asian languages into Chinese in the 4th century and then into Tibetan in the 9th century
- Tafsir-e-Usmani Urdu translation and interpretation of the Quran
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Tanhuma Name given to three different collections of Torah aggadot (2 extant, 1 known only through citations) - The Game of Chess Poem
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Buddhist traditions The Great Dharani Sutra Buddhist scripture - The Last Enchantment 1979 novel by Mary Stewart
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The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus 1902 children's book - Buddhist traditions Threefold Lotus Sutra Compilation of 3 sutras: Innumerable Meanings Sutra (無量義經), Lotus Sutra (妙法蓮華經), Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra (普賢經)
- Buddhist traditions Treatise on the Sutra of Limitless Life Commentary by Vasubandhu on the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra
- South Asian traditions Trishikhibrahmana Upanishad Hindu text on Yoga
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South Asian traditions Uttaradhyayana sutra Jain text - Buddhist traditions Vajrasamadhi-sutra Mahayana Buddhist text originating in Korea
- Buddhist traditions Vimanavatthu A part of Khuddaka Nikaya in the Pali Canon
- Xishengjing 5th century Taoist text
- Christianity Zu Bethlehem geboren German Christmas carol
- Acaranga Sutra Jain text
- Acts of Thaddeus Greek document written between 544 and 944 CE; purports to describe correspondence between King Abgar V of Edessa and Jesus, which results in Judas Thaddeus going to Edessa
- Christianity Altid frejdig, når du går Psalm
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Annals or Chronicles of the Famous Kingdom of Poland Concise year by year historical record of the Kingdom of Poland, by Jan Długosz - Buddhist traditions Basic Points Unifying the Theravāda and the Mahāyāna Buddhist ecumenical statement in 1967
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Christianity Book of Commandments Volume containing revelations to Joseph Smith Jr.; later made part of Doctrines and Covenants - Book of Gad the Seer Religious text
- Book of the Zodiac Mandaean religious text
- Norse and Germanic Brot af Sigurðarkviðu Fragmentary eddic poem
- Cath Maige Mucrama Battle
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Codex Porfirio Díaz Colonial Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript - Christianity Come, Holy Spirit Catholic prayer
- Darkhei Moshe Work about Jewish law written by the polish rabbi Moses Isserles.
- Christianity Dejlig er den himmel blå Danish Christmas hymn
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Christianity Den Danske Salmebog Danish Lutheran hymnal - Dighajanu Sutta Buddhist text about ethics for lay people
- Buddhist traditions Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance Text
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East Asian traditions Engishiki Jinmyōchō List of Shinto shrines from 927 - Christianity Epistle of Pseudo-Titus Letter pseudonymously attributed to Titus the companion of Paul, commending chastity
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Christianity Erhalt uns Lutheran hymn -
Christianity Es ist das Heil uns kommen her Lutheran hymn by Protestant preacher Paul Speratus -
Christianity Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen Sacred Song with lyrics by Daniel Sudermann - Esther Rabbah Midrash to the Book of Esther
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Exodus Poem in the Junius manuscript -
Christianity Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud Christian summer song - God Passes By English-language work by Shoghi Effendi, then-leader of the Bahá'í Faith; provides theological perspective on the religion's history from 1844 to 1944
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Grates nunc omnes Sequence - Norse and Germanic Grípisspá Eddic poem
- Norse and Germanic Guðrúnarhvöt Eddic poem
- Norse and Germanic Guðrúnarkviða II Probably the oldest poem of the Sigurd cycle
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Judaism Hashkiveinu Jewish evening prayer - Hecale Ancient Greek poem by Callimachus
- Buddhist traditions Hong Ming Ji Anthology of Buddhist apologetic texts edited by Sengyou in 518
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Christianity Hospodine, pomiluj ny Czech Christian hymn from the turn of the 10th and 11th century - Ibn Masʿūd codex An alternative non-Uthmanic canon of Quran
- Christianity In the Sweet By-and-By Song composed by Joseph Webster with lyrics by Sanford Fillmore Bennett performed by Glen Campbell
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Inferno Canto 19 19th canto of the "Inferno", first part of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" - Buddhist traditions Introduction The 1st chapter of the Lotus Sutra
- Tradition Jewish religion Wikimedia permanent duplicate item
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Journey to the South Ming-dynasty novel by Yu Xiangdou