I recently finished the Epic of Gilgamesh, and I’m starting a collection of poems by Rumi.
I’ve previously read Cold Mountain by Han Shan.
Are there any other ancient poets/poems with published work that you’d recommend?
I’m looking for things that are:
- Basically as old as possible
- Poetic/mystic
- Not Christian (or Western, Greek, or Roman).
Thanks!
The Popol Vuh, one of the most important (preserved) works of the K’iche society (Mayan)
Read it read it read it, it’s not very long and it is a literal crowd pleaser.
This one? https://www.learner.org/series/invitation-to-world-literature/popol-vuh/popol-vuh-read-the-text/
The edition I read was a little different I think but that should be perfectly fine
Edit: actually it’s only the first bit, it doesn’t look like that goes past the introduction
Thanks for checking. I thought that’s what the site was telling me but without knowing the longer version, it’s hard to know!