Myths

Poetic and prose texts from various cultures including Anglo-Saxon, Arabian, Arthurian, Celtic and Scandinavian.

Reviews the outlook of ancient Balts on the structure and origin of the world as reconstructed from the archaeological excavations, folklore, mythology, linguistics and chronicles.

Brief overview of the history and defining characteristics of Chinese mythology.

Told by Siapen Kotan Isamo of the Yami, a Malayo-Polynesian people inhabiting Orchid Island, part of the Republic of China, Taiwan.

A who's-who on all females in Greek mythology, with a section on Greek Men, and collection of myths.

By Henry Nash Smith, e-text version prepared by the American Studies Group at The University of Virginia.

Daniel Deardorff focuses on apprehending myth by performing.

Anthologized by Stith Thompson (1929), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

A light hearted look at Norse mythology. Fully cross-referenced gods, giants, heroes and legends from Scandinavia.

By W. D. Westervelt (1910), e-text at the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

Article on the role of owls in Roman mythology.

Verse version of the Epic of Gilgamesh.

A place to learn about Irish mythology.

By Lady Augusta Gregory (1902), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

A look at what the ancient sources say were the tasks Hercules had to perform for Eurystheus.

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