Books
- The Book of Thoth is a legendary book containing powerful spells and knowledge, said to have been buried with the Prince Neferkaptah in Necropolis. (Egyptian mythology)
- The Jade Books in Heaven are described in several Daoist cosmographies.
- The Sibylline Books are described to have helped Rome in many situations.
- The Tablet of Destinies is mentioned in Mesopotamian mythology as a set of clay tablets which hold the power of creation and destruction.
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