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1* {{UsefulNotes/Agnosticism}}: Nothing can be known with absolute certainty.
2* {{UsefulNotes/Atheism}}: Reason over belief.
3* Myth/AztecMythology: The necessity of [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]].
4* Baha’i Faith: Religion as a continuous unraveling of the truth.
5* {{UsefulNotes/Buddhism}}: The search for inner peace and contentment.
6* Myth/CelticMythology:
7** Myth/ArthurianLegend: Humanity's aspirations to transcend its baser instincts (lust, greed, vengeance, distrust).
8* {{UsefulNotes/Christianity}}: Salvation and redemption.
9** Catholicism & Orthodoxy: Sacrifice and sharing in it.
10** Protestantism: God's sovereignty and the need for faith.
11*** Calvinism: Predestination and the roles we're given on earth.
12*** Pentecostalism: One's personal relationship with God.
13** {{UsefulNotes/Mormonism}}: Family.
14** {{UsefulNotes/Spiritism}}: Charity.
15* Myth/ClassicalMythology:
16** YouCantFightFate.
17** The folly of {{pride}}.
18** The eternal struggle between parent and child.
19* Myth/EgyptianMythology:
20** The cycle of life and Rebirth.
21** The balance between Order and Chaos.
22* {{UsefulNotes/Gnosticism}}: Salvation through knowledge and wisdom.
23* {{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}}:
24** ''Literature/TheMahabharata'': Stay righteous and do your duty, whether or not it seems to be helping.
25* {{UsefulNotes/Islam}}: Peace through submission to God.
26* Jainism: The alleviation of suffering through [[ActualPacifist non-violence]].
27* {{UsefulNotes/Judaism}}: Man as God's partner in sanctifying the world.
28* Myth/MesopotamianMythology:
29** ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'': Immortality and [[YouCantFightFate the inevitability of death]].
30* Myth/NorseMythology:
31** Heroism in the face of defeat.
32** Acceptance of fate.
33* {{UsefulNotes/Satanism}}:
34** DarkIsNotEvil.
35** Self-gratification and hedonism.
36* {{UsefulNotes/Shinto}}:
37** Cleansing and purification.
38** The natural world is sacred.
39** Respect of AncientTradition.
40* {{UsefulNotes/Sikhism}}: Justice and equality for all of humanity.

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