Ideas across traditions · consciousness · Greek

soul

A common word: it appears in 50% of all works on the maps, so its reach across traditions is a fact about English, not about the idea. The works are listed for completeness; the analogues below are the judged connections.

Also under: ψυχή · ψυχὴ · “anima” · “seele” · “psyche” · “animae” · “nefesh” · “nafs” · “ܢܦܫܐ” · “animam” · “հոգի” · “psychen” · “ame” · “ziele” · “nephesh” · “נפש”

507works in other traditions, with a cited page
25works in Greek, its home tradition on the maps
560further works where only a vocabulary list or keyword names it; not shown
0judged analogues in other traditions (a different word for a neighbouring idea)

In other traditions

Ordered by the earliest work in each tradition that attests the concept. Within a tradition, works run from earliest to latest by conventional composition date.

Egyptianfrom 1550 BCE · 1 work

Indianfrom 700 BCE · 47 works

and 42 more works in Indian; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Chinesefrom 600 BCE · 9 works

and 4 more works in Chinese; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Hebrew & Jewishfrom 550 BCE · 19 works

and 14 more works in Hebrew & Jewish; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Hellenistic & Late Antiquefrom 350 BCE · 62 works

and 57 more works in Hellenistic & Late Antique; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Romanfrom 55 BCE · 20 works

and 15 more works in Roman; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Early Christian & Monasticfrom 90 CE · 22 works

and 17 more works in Early Christian & Monastic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Hermetic & Gnosticfrom 150 CE · 23 works

and 18 more works in Hermetic & Gnostic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Syriac & Armenianfrom 345 CE · 14 works

and 9 more works in Syriac & Armenian; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Byzantine & Orthodoxfrom 379 CE · 11 works

and 6 more works in Byzantine & Orthodox; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Kabbalistic & Hasidicfrom 400 CE · 31 works

and 26 more works in Kabbalistic & Hasidic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Arabicfrom 632 CE · 42 works

and 37 more works in Arabic; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Persianfrom 1070 · 27 works

and 22 more works in Persian; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Tibetanfrom 1100 · 4 works

Medieval Latinfrom 1160 · 44 works

and 39 more works in Medieval Latin; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Renaissance & Early Modern Europefrom 1474 · 65 works

and 60 more works in Renaissance & Early Modern Europe; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Theosophical & Modern Esotericfrom 1540 · 26 works

and 21 more works in Theosophical & Modern Esoteric; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Turkicfrom 1564 · 1 work

Modern Europeanfrom 1657 · 36 works

and 31 more works in Modern European; a common word, so the full list is not shown.

Norse & Celticfrom 1826 · 2 works

Buddhistfrom 1927 · 1 work

At home in Greek

and 17 more.

Evidence gate. A work is listed only where a translator marked the word as a term with a gloss, or kept the original word beside the English, on at least one page of a held edition. Vocabulary lists and keywords alone do not count: in a Greek vocabulary list ἡσυχία is the ordinary word for quiet. Up to 3 pages are shown per work, preferring those with a gloss. The vocabulary was built 2026-09-11; the graph on 2026-09-13.