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Mythology
--This is an extensive site with lots of useful information.
Assyro-Babylonian
Mythology
Sumerian
Mythology
Greek
Mythology
Hesiod:
Homeric Hymns and Homerica
Hesiod's
Theogony--From the Perseus Project people at Tufts
Hesiod's
Works and Days--Also from the Perseus Project people
The
Odyssey
Bulfinch's
Mythology
The
Iliad and the Odyssey
Ovid's
Metamorphoses
Several works by Virgil
Afghan
Folklore
Afghan
Cultural Ceremonies and Traditions
African
see also Afro-Carribean, Egyptian, and Ethiopian
African
Mythology in "Things Fall Apart"
African
Story Lines
Three
Ashanti Folktales
Sango,
the God-King of the Yoruba
Man
and the Gods in Yoruba tradition
The
Influence of Oral Literature on Modern African Literature
from the Connecticut Review
The
Snake and The Frog
Cape
Verde Folktales
Afro-Carribean
OrishaNet--"The
World of La Regla Lucumi"
Altaic
see also Central Asian Steppe
Poems
from the Turkish Epic
A history of Turkish
Folklore
American
see also Native American
Daniel
Boone: Myth and Reality in American Consciousness
Folktales
from Springbranch
La
Llorona
Paul's
Babe Page
The
Legend of Blackbeard
The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow from UMN
Anatolian
Hittite/Hurrian
Mythology REF
Anglo-Saxon
see also British
Beowulf
Bibliography 1979-1994
Resources
for Studying Beowulf
The
Electronic Beowulf Project has another page (a different
one, even) here
Beowulf
from Wiretap
Arabic
The
Story of Djuha and the Figs
Arthurian
Arthurian
Legend Studies contains a lot of great pix and info, as well
as such original pieces as "Top Five Reasons to Hate
Lancelot"
The
Arthurian Legends is a mazelike collection of pages, pix,
texts, and King Arthur's "lost journal of 1995" . . .
Arthur
is not dead!
Arthuriana
is the homepage of the scholarly journal about King Arthur
Arthurian
Booklist
Sir
Gawain and the Loathly Lady
Arthur
on the Net
Arthurian
Home Page
Bulfinch's
Mythology: The Age of Chivalry
Layamon's
Brut--Written c. 1200 AD
Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight--Written c. 1370 AD
The
alliterative Morte Arthure, written c. 1400 AD
Le
Morte D'Arthur, published 1485
Avalon:
Arthurian Heaven
The
Camelot Project
Jenny
Sposito's Home Page: Arthuriana
Wendy's
Arthurian Page
Australian
Tanais'
Didjeridu Page tells about a musical instrument with a rich
mythological history
Breton
see also British
The
Legend of the City of Ys
Fairy
Tales and Legends of Brittany
British
see also Anglo-Saxon, Arthurian, Breton, Celtic, Cornish, Irish,
Manx, Scottish, and Welsh
Changeling
Myths from the British Isles, including Scotland, Ireland,
and the Isle of Man
see also Christian and Jewish
Canaanite/Ugaritic
Mythology FAQ
Biblical
Beginnings in Canaan
Lilith
Baal
Ishtar
Adam
and the Snake: The Snake as Symbol
Canadian
Newfoundland
Folktales
Caribbean
see also Afro-Carribean
Anansi
Folktales
Index
to Vodoun Pages
Vodoun
Creation Mythology
Celtic
see also Irish or British
Celtic
Stories
Celtic
Traditions
Animal
Symbolism in Celtic Mythology
The
Morrigan
short extract about Celtic
Religion
The
Hazel Nut is a Celtic neopagan magazine devoted to the study
of trees in Celtic tradition
Daldriada
Celtic Heritage Center has a bunch of stuff on mythology and
folklore, including Scottish folktales and essays on some of the
major Celtic deities
Choosing
the Gods
Sacred
Woods and the Lore of Trees
Cherokee
see also Native American
A
Brief List of Bibiliographic References on the Music of the
Cherokee
Stonee's WebLodge presents Daughter
of the Sun
also from Stonee, Earth
Making
The
Coming of the Corn
Chinese
Swords,
Spirits, and Romance: The Legends of China
Christian
Myths
of the Knights Templar
Mary's Gardens
-- Medieval Catholic Flower Folklore
Christmas
Stories
Christmas
Traditions in France and Canada
Christmas
'round the World
General
Christmas Traditions
Sekhmet
Egyptology
page including descriptions of the gods; previously the Egyptian
Mythology FAQ
The
Egyptian Book of the Dead--From Drokk
The
Egyptian Book of the Dead--From UPenn
A short version of the myth of Osiris
Brief decriptions of the Egyptian deities
Ptah
the Universal Architect God
The semi-divine Imhotep
Thoth
Osiris
Isis
brief descriptions of the Egyptian
gods
Cult
Practices in the Old Kingdom
Egyptian
Mythology FAQ
the Egyptian
Star Religion page has a mirror page here.
Estonian
The
Kalevipoeg
At
Reality's Edge is a gallery of Filipino mysticism and
mythology
Mga
Alamat is a selection of Filipino legends
Filipino
Mythological Creatures
Finnish
see also Teutonic
Finnish
Mythology
French
The
Song of Roland
see also Teutonic
German
Changeling Myths
The
Legend of Frau Hitt
Gilbert Islander
(Kiribati)
Mythology
of Kiribati
Greek
see also Roman
Medea
Science
and Mythical Archetypes by the Pluto Express people at NASA
The
Myth of the Apple of Discord
Select
Bibliography of Sources in Classical Mythology
FOCUS:
The Mythology of Gods (Greece)
Homer
Home Page includes family trees, summaries, and lists o'
characters for the Iliad and the Odyssey
A
Bibliography for Apollonius Rhodius, author of the
Argonautica
Mythology
Mythology
212 Home Page--At Princeton
Classics--Works
of classic Greek & Roman authors online from MIT
Texts, maps, family trees, and pix from the Classics
Department--At Baylor University
The Perseus
Project--Has all sorts of information about ancient Greece,
including some fantastic pix
Dionysus
Bulfinch's
Mythology
The
Iliad and the Odyssey
Princeton
Classical Mythology by Geography
Classical
Mythology: Women in Greek Mythology
Mythological
Schemes of the Heavens
A short story based around the myth of Echo
Myth
of Cheiron
Mythology
in Western Art
Ceres
Mythology
of the Seven Sisters
Hesiod:
Homeric Hymns and Homerica
Hesiod's
Theogony from the Perseus Project people at Tufts
Hesiod's
Works and Days also from the Perseus Project people
The
Odyssey
Women
in Classical Mythology
Guam
Legends
of Guam
Haitian
Proverbs, Riddles, Jokes, and Folktales
Hawaiian
Gods
and Myths
Native
Hawaiian Temples
Laka,
Goddess of Hula
The
Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook
Hindu
see also Indian
Siva
The Vedic Triad -- Agni,
Indra, & Surya
Incarnations of Visnu
Hindu
Mythology
Hopi
see also Native American
a collection of Hopi
Stories
Hungarian
there are a few mythology links on this page about Hungarian
Culture
Indian
see also Hindu
The
First Marmot
Folklore of Bengal
Innu
see also Native American
Innu
Culture and History contains several stories and myths
Inupiat
see also Native American
This page on Social
and Cultural Life contains a section on religion
Irish
see also British or Celtic
Folklore
of the Famine
How
Cuchulain Got His Name, followed by Grania O'Malley (The
Pirate Queen of the Irish) and a snippet about St. Patrick
The
Story of MacDatho's Pig
Iroquois
see also Native American
The
Legend of Onarga
Creation
Myth
Islam
The
Story of the Ant and the Dragonfly from Sufi tradition
Jewish
Jewish
Folklore in Israel
Homepage
of Korean Folktales
Myths
and Legends of Ancient Korea
see also Native American and Sioux
The
White Buffalo Woman from Stonee's WebLodge
Two
Ghostly Lovers also from Stonee
Buffalo
Calf Woman
Latino
CLNet's
Folklore & Traditions Page
Lenni-Lenape
see also Native American
Stories
Lithuanian
The
Basis of the Old Lithuanian Religion
see also British
the official Isle
of Man: Folklore & Traditions page
Maya
see also Mesoamerican & South American or Native American
Mayan
Folktales
Mayan
Cosmogenisis
Mesoamerican &
South American
also see Aztec, Inca, or Maya
La
Hormiguita
Mesopotamian
Sumerian
Mythology FAQ
Assyro-Babylonian
Mythology FAQ
A Brief summary of Gilgamesh
from University of Pittsburgh
Some notes on Tammuz
The Holy
Marriage
Enki
Ea
Rites
of Chaldaea: a Mesopotamian Grimoire
Sumerian
Mythology and the Old Testament
Brief descriptions of some of the Mesopotamian
deities
Mithraic
Mithra
The
Cosmic Mysteries of Mithra
Mithraism:
The Legacy of the Roman Empire's Final Pagan State Religion
also see Aztec, Cherokee, Hopi, Inca, Innu, Inupiat, Iroquois,
Lakota, Lenni-Lenape, Maya, MicMac, Navajo, Nez Perce, Paiute,
Potawatomi, or Sioux
The
Legend of Onnolee
Three
Tales of Love from the Cherokee, Sioux, and Multnomah and
presented by Stonee's WebLodge
Morning
Star
The
Boy Who Lived With the Bears
Stonee's Index
of Native American Lore contains fifty tales from various
tribes
Old
Indian Legends told by Zitkala-Sa
selections from Indian
Superstitions and Legends by Simon Pokagon
Index
of Native American Stories Online -- these are also linked
individually
a wealth of Stories,
Fables, and Legends
Mother
Earth Prayers
The
Mythology of Maiz
Navajo
see also Native American
The
Changing Woman
Blessingway
Monster
Slayer
Rock
Monster Eagle
Holy
People
The
Hooghan of First Man
The
Sun, Moon, and Stars
The
Tohono O'odham Creation Story
Nez Perce
see also Native American
Coyote
and the Monster of Kamiah
Yellow
Jacket and Ant
see also Native American
Stone
Mother
Palestinian
Palestian
Folklore Home Page
Potawatomi
see also Native American
Winnie
Two-Shadows is a children's story based on Potawatomi
legends
see also Greek and Mithraic
Ephesus:
Diana's City
Ovid's
Metamorphoses
Several works by Virgil
the full text of Virgil's
Aeneid
Russian
see also Siberian and Slavic
Dazhdbog
in Russian Mythology
Russian
Sunbirds: Stories
see also British
The
Haggis, a mythological bird
Scottish
Stories and Legends
The
History of the Scottish Kilt -- as the name implies, history
rather than mythology, but pretty interesting
Scottish Mythology
and Legend from the zine "Thirteen"
Sioux
see also Lakota and Native American
Myths
and Legends of the Sioux in e-text
Slavic
see also Russian, Serbian, or Siberian
Mythology
of the Divozenky
The
Twelve Months, an adapted Slav legend
Spanish
El
Cid
Myths
of the Black Pearl
Teutonic
see also Finnish
Norse
Mythology
The
Edda
Mythology and
Sagas in west Iceland
Norse
Mythology
Old
Norse Mythology
The
Germanic Myth of Creation
Life
and Death of Cormac the Skald (Kormak's Saga)
Norweigan
Folktales and Myths
The
Story of Burnt Ngal (Ngal's Saga)
The
Saga of Grettir the Strong (Grettir's Saga)
Tibetan Buddhist
Teaching
Tales of the Tibetan Lamas; also some Hasidic tales
Symbols
of Vietnam
This Vietnamese
Literature page offers some legends
see also British
One full and one partial section of the
Mabinogion
Zoroastrianism
home page
The
Epic of Kings
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