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Wednesday, 25 February 2009 19:27 THN

The Minneapolis Institute of the Arts runs a very visual tour of World Mythology meant to supplement a trip to the museum.

Here is presented Bill Hollon's essay on the Origin of the Seven Day Week.

This feature on The Celestial David and Goliath takes an astronomical look at that Biblical tale and compares it to tales in Irish mythology. (Broken Link) 2/10/02

Martin Gray invites folks to Explore the Sacred Sites he has photographed. His commentary discusses the religious, archeological and historical import of those sites with the mythic and legendary content varying.

Bill Williams runs a concordance program that opperates over a number of e-texts including the Bible, the Koran, and a number of works of classical mythology--- which you could also find in the Perseus Project (see the Greek/Roman section).

The American Academy of Religion maintains a searchable Syllabi project archive. Included are courses partially or fully covering myths and mythology to varying degrees.

Catherine Yronwode's Lucky Mojo site includes a large collection of essays on amulets, talismans, charms, sacred geometry, and sacred landscape. Not exactly mythology, but some of it is related.

Another useful site in a similar vein is Symbols.com.

Whether or not they describe actual events, most modern religions are not above invoking material which is mythic in character. This page by A. Mueller is part of the World-Wide Web Virtual Library. (Broken Link) 2/10/02

J. B. Hare's Internet Sacred Text Archive collects texts from past and current religions, including the Rg Veda, the Kojiki and Nihongi, the Quran, the Eddas, and many others.

World Religions and Scriptures is another good site for information on major living religions.

alt.mythology - this USENET newsgroup is a good place to go for general and even somewhat esoteric discussions. Don't proselytize there though, and it's also a good idea to check the archives at Google's Usenet Groups archive to look at past discussions first, and to read the alt.mythology General FAQ.

Human-like Creatures

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 19:27 THN

Matt Wisely has a few brief descriptions of sprites and genies and things in An Etymology of Sprites and Fantastic Creatures. 2/10/02

Rebecca Lehmann's Faerie Encyclopedia has many brief entries as well as links to related pages and some of Yeats' tales. (Broken Link) 2/10/02

Pagan the Fay's Faerie page defines a number of different creatures, places and things related to the fair folk.

Dawn has collected a number of Feri Stories and more from around the world. Some of these one might not consider to be about faeries at first blush, such as the notes on the Sons of God.

Sea Tails Online Kurt Cagle's mermaid page. The History and Persona Guide is the meatiest section here.

Mermaid Myths and Legends recounts several mermaid stories, primarily from the British Isles.

Frodo's mermaid pages are primarily oriented around Disney's Ariel, however he maintains some useful Links to other Mermaid pages.

Pathway to Darkness bills itself as "the ultimate online vampire resource" and indeed its collection of essays on Vampire Facts is quite impressive and has much to say about past and present vampire folklore. Also included is an essay on werewolves.

In silence forlorn: Vampires gives a historical survey of vampire like creatures throughout the world, as well as brief recountings of the lives of Vlad Tepes and Lady Elisabeth Bathory.

S A Rudy has pages on vampires, shapeshifters, and witches which list the different quallities that they have when portrayed in contempory fiction in her Comparison of Myhs in Popular Fiction page.

Mammals

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 19:26 THN

Les licornes, The Unicorn Web Page of Bruno Faidutti. He keeps a number of unicorn pictures at this bilingual site, drawing from medieval manuscripts.

Cybercat's Space presents some brief notes on the cat as a symbol in world mythology. (Broken Link 2/10/2002)

Zephyr Lion presents this collection of Tidbits of Cat Mythology and Folklore.

Bandicoot's Cat Lovers page contains this section on Mythology and Folklore of cats. (Broken Link 2/10/2002)

Laura Steinke (Shadowfox) presents a page on Kitsune and other legends of foxes from around the world. (Broken Link 2/10/2002)

Bob Trubshaw's article, Black Dogs - Guardians of the Corpse Ways, explores the mythology of dogs drawing from many cultures.

Birds

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 19:26 THN

Phoenix recounts The Phoenix Legend of this fantastic bird as described in the Near East and in China. (Broken Link 2/10/2002)

Mad Phoenix also retells the Legend of the Phoenix in it's Chinese and Near Eastern versions.

A fixture in the legends of the cultures native to Alaska and the American Pacific Northwest, Raven is featured in the Aviariy's collection of links to Raven fiction

Gryphons, Griffins, Griffons! Tirya's page with some info, more pictures, and lots of links to companies named Gryphon or thereabouts.