Comparative Mythology (Myths)

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The Golden Bough Classical work by Sir James George Frazer, from the 1922 edition. http://www.bartleby.com/196/ Common Elements in Creation Myths Explores and highlights commonalities amongst stories depicting the creation of the world from several cultures. http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths.html Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology By John Fiske (1900), e-tetxt from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/FisMyth.html The Anthropology of Mythology An introduction to the meaning of myths, with glossary and links. http://vaughanj.home.mindspring.com/anthromyth/ Hungarian Heritage Page: Myths and Legends Comparison of Hungarian myths and legends with Scythian and Mesopotamian ones. http://users.cwnet.com/millenia/legend.htm Myths & Legends of Hungary Retellings of Hungarian myths and legends, as well as essays proposing a link between Hungarian and Sumerian myhs. http://www2.4dcomm.com/millenia/legend.htm Myth of Creation Articles on mythology by Stefan Stenudd, working on a dissertation on creation myths and their patterns of thought. http://www.stenudd.com/myth/ The Architecture of the Spirit Online book by Pete Stewart, exploring the suggestion that the myth of creation derives from observation of the stars, and is reflected in social and spiritual structures. http://www.mythofcreation.co.uk/ Greek Mythology Compared to Norse Mythology Essay by Gareth Long comparing the main Greek and Norse gods. http://webhome.idirect.com/~donlong/ Max Müller's Comparative Mythology (1856) Excerpted from Max Müller's "Chips From a German Workshop." http://www.bbk.ac.uk/eh/eng/bahums/pmc/compmyth.htm Atlas of Myths Illustrated essays on the mythologies of peoples of the world, by teacher and artist Alex Fantalov. http://snow.prohosting.com/myths1/ Comparative Religion Resource for religious thought and literature, covering major world religions, modern and ancient. http://www.comparative-religion.com/ Georges Dumézil - Indo-European Mythology Discussion group for the work of Georges Dumézil on Indo-European mythology and trifunctionality. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dumezil/ Mythopedia Proposing a theory of unity of human mythology, listing the common motifs in mythology, ritual, and symbolism, with comprehensive encyclopaedia of gods and myths from all corners of the world. http://www.mythopedia.info/

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