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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