Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia - Mythology
The word mythology (from the Greek μυϑολογία mythología, "storytelling" [1]) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - An Mythology: Encyclopedia - An Mythology
4 primary: An Enlil Ki Enki 3 sky: Ishtar Sin Sama In Sumerian mythology, An (see also Anu) was the god whose name was synonymous wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baltic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Baltic Mythology
For Baltic mythology, see Estonian mythology, related to Finnish mythology Latvian mythology Lithuanian mythology Category: Mythology b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Mythology - Mythology
Atlas mythology - Kinship. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetos and the Oceanid Klymene. Atlas had three brothers — Prometheus, Epi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pleiades Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Pleiades Mythology - Mythology
After Atlas was forced to carry the world on his shoulders, Orion began to pursue all of the Pleiades, and Zeus transformed them first in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terra Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Terra Mythology - Mythology
Terra or Tellus was a primeval Roman goddess, mother of Fama. She was seen as the goddess of the earth, Tellus was also called, "Tellus M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - What Is Mythology?
In order to consider mythology, it is first necessary to consider what is meant by the term myth. The ancient Greek Μυθος originally...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Definition
In order to consider mythology, it is first necessary to consider what is meant by the term myth. Myths are generally narratives passed d...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Mythology
Buddhist mythology is a mythology within the Buddhism belief system. It is a relatively broad mythology, as it was adopted and influenced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Mythology: Encyclopedia - Classical Mythology
Classical mythology usually refers to the religious legends and practices of classical antiquity: Greek mythology; Roman mythology; Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bia Mythology: Encyclopedia - Bia Mythology
Categories: Greek goddesses | African mythology Other related archivesAdrasteia, Aeschylus, African mythology, Apate, Ashanti mythology,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ananke Mythology: Encyclopedia - Ananke Mythology
In Greek mythology, Ananke (Greek Ἀνάγκη) was the personification of destiny, unalterable necessity and fate. She was also the mot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arsinoe Mythology: Encyclopedia - Arsinoe Mythology
In Greek mythology, Arsinoe referred to two different people. Orestes' nurse Mother of Asclepius by Apollo Other related archivesApoll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alcaeus Mythology: Encyclopedia - Alcaeus Mythology
In Greek mythology, Alcaeus, or Alkaios was one of the Perseidae, a son of Perseus and Andromeda. He was King of Tiryns and father of Amp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Var Mythology: Encyclopedia - Var Mythology
Var is an Asynja, a goddess of the Æsir in Norse Mythology. She is the one who listens to oaths and agreements between men and women, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Mythology: Encyclopedia - Atlas Mythology
In Greek mythology, Atlas was a member of a race of giant gods known as Titans. Atlas mythology - Mythology. Atlas mythology - Kinship....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Mythology: Encyclopedia - Buddhist Mythology
Buddhist mythology is a mythology within the Buddhism belief system. It is a relatively broad mythology, as it was adopted and influenced...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bias Mythology: Encyclopedia - Bias Mythology
In Greek mythology, Bias was a brother of Melampus who received one third of Argos (see Melampus for more information). Bias married Pero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victoria Mythology: Encyclopedia - Victoria Mythology
In Roman mythology, Victoria was the goddess of victory. She is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike, and was associated with B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arete Mythology: Encyclopedia - Arete Mythology
In Greek mythology, Queen Arete of Scheria was a queen of the Phaeacians, wife of Alcinous and mother of Nausicaa and Laodamas. She welco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ao Mythology: Encyclopedia - Ao Mythology
In Polynesian mythology, Ao ("light") is the god of the clouds and the ancestor of the Maori. He is a patron of sailors, who use the clou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology
The campaign starts off with the Atlantean hero, Arkantos, discussing with the Theocrat how they are losing Poseidon's favor. Pirates the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Vedic Mythology
Vedic mythology that occupies a pivotal position in the history of religions, is a significant aspect of Hindu mythology and has directly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Mythology: Encyclopedia - Biblical Mythology
The phrase "Biblical mythology" refers to the body of myths presented in some parts of the Bible. According to sociologists of religion, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agave Mythology: Encyclopedia - Agave Mythology
Agave ("illustrious") was the queen of Thebes in Greek mythology, mother of Pentheus and daughter of Harmonia and Cadmus. She was a Maena...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Mythology: Encyclopedia - Artificial Mythology
Artificial mythology (compare artificial language) is any complete, invented world with mythic features that, rather than arising out of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Mythology: Encyclopedia - Irish Mythology
The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aja Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia - Aja Yoruba Mythology
In Yoruba mythology, Aja is an Orisha, patron of the forest, the animals within it and herbal healers, whom she taught their art. Other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daemon Mythology: Encyclopedia - Daemon Mythology
The words daemon and daimon, sometimes dæmon, are distinctively Hellenizing or Latinate spellings of δαιμων, used purposefully tod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural Mythology: Encyclopedia - Architectural Mythology
Architectural mythology is the term used to describe the overall story of an architectural work. Sometimes this story is rooted back to o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Armenian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Armenian Mythology
Armenian mythology also includes the myths of the ancient Urartian culture. Fairy Tales The Clever Weaver The Golden-Headed Fish He Wins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asia Mythology: Encyclopedia - Asia Mythology
Asia or Clymene in Greek mythology, is a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chippewa Mythology: Encyclopedia - Chippewa Mythology
The Chippewa (also Ojibwa, Anishnaabe) are a tribe of Native Americans located in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bushongo Mythology: Encyclopedia - Bushongo Mythology
The Bushongo are an ethnic group from the Congo River and surrounding areas. The supreme god in Bushongo mythology is called Bumba, who v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twin Mythology: Encyclopedia - Twin Mythology
In virtually all the mythology of the world, the Twin represents some "other" aspect of the Self, a doppelganger in some way. Often the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyrene Mythology: Encyclopedia - Cyrene Mythology
In Greek mythology, as recorded in Pindar's 9th Pythian ode, Cyrene (or Kyrene) ("sovereign queen") was the daughter of Hypseus, King of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaos Mythology: Encyclopedia - Chaos Mythology
In Greek mythology, Chaos or Khaos is the primeval state of existence from which the first gods appeared. In Greek it is Χαος, which ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology
The mythology of the Yoruba is sometimes claimed by its supporters to be one of the world's oldest widely practised religions. It is a ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amalthea Mythology: Encyclopedia - Amalthea Mythology
In Greek mythology, Amalthea (Greek Αμαλθεια, "tender") is the most often mentioned among foster-mothers of Zeus. She is sometime...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antiope Mythology: Encyclopedia - Antiope Mythology
In Greek mythology, there are two people known as Antiope. Antiope (mother of Amphion) and Antiope the Amazon (described below). Antiope ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zulu Mythology: Encyclopedia - Zulu Mythology
Zulu mythology contains numerous deities, commonly associated with animals or general classes of natural phenomena. uKqili is the highest...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canaanite Mythology: Encyclopedia - Canaanite Mythology
Canaanite mythology are the myths and god tales of ancient Canaan. calf worship of Canaanites and Phoenicians : Tobit i. 5, speaks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weaving Mythology: Encyclopedia - Weaving Mythology
The theme of weaving in mythology is ancient, and its lost mythic lore probably accompanied the early spread of this mysterious art. West...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Actor Mythology: Encyclopedia - Actor Mythology
In Greek mythology, Actor was a son of King Deion, of Phocis and Diomede, the daughter of Xuthus. He had at least one son by Aegina, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aether Mythology: Encyclopedia - Aether Mythology
Aether ("upper air"), in Greek mythology, was the personification of the "upper sky", space and heaven. He is the pure, upper air that th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anaxagoras Mythology: Encyclopedia - Anaxagoras Mythology
This aticle is about the mythical Greek King Anaxagoras of Argos. For the Greek philosopher Anaxagoras, see Anaxagoras. In Greek mytholog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ute Mythology: Encyclopedia - Ute Mythology
The Ute are a tribe of Native Americans from the western United States. Siats is a cannibalistic clown monster. Cin-an-ev is a wolf trick...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology
Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coyote Mythology: Encyclopedia - Coyote Mythology
Coyote is a mythological figure common to many Native American cultures, based on the coyote animal. This character is usually male and i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Greek Mythology
"In the Greek pantheon, the antiquity of Iris is as great as her importance is small." Daughter of 1st generation gods Electra and Thauma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Australian Aboriginal Mythology
In Aboriginal (Australian) mythology, the rainbow snake is the Creator (Kurreah, Andrenjinyi, Yingarna, Ngalyod et. al.) in the Dreaming,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Sumerian Mythology
Not all peoples have regarded the rainbow’s power as solely benevolent. A rather ambiguous perception of the rainbow strikes a vein in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biblical Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Biblical Mythology - Mythology In The Hebrew Bible
A common aim of mythological studies is to construct a theory of knowledge diffusion, supposing that when distinct traditions share theme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Branches Of Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Branches Of Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Ancient Beliefs
Whatever the culture or continent, our species' earliest rainbow is the rainbow of the imagination. Whether as bridge, messenger, archerâ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine Mythology - Mythological Creatures
Philippine mythology - Aswang. The Aswang, analogous to the European werewolf is perhaps the most famous Filipino mythological creature...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine Mythology - Mythological Creatures
Philippine mythology - Aswang. The Aswang, analogous to the European werewolf, is perhaps the most famous Filipino mythological creatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - Vedic Mythology
See Also: Indo-Iranian mythology, Vedic mythology, Indian mythology The roots of mythology that evolved from classical Hinduism come from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lithuanian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Lithuanian Mythology - The Periods Of Lithuanian Mythology
Pre-Christian mythology is known mainly through speculation and reconstruction, although the existence of some mythological elements, kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lithuanian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Lithuanian Mythology - The Elements Of Lithuanian Mythology
Lithuanian mythology - God and nature. Stories, songs, and legends of this kind describe laws of nature and such natural processes as t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islamic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Islamic Mythology - Islamic Mythology
Stories of genies, magic lamps, flying carpets, and wishes contained in tales from the Arabian Nights and other works have been passed do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Buildings
Buildings in Age of Mythology are used for a variety of purposes. They are used to train units, can be used to garrison units, or can be ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Gods
Players can choose from one of three gods of a civilization as they begin, and two Minor Gods each time they advance in age. Each Minor G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainbows In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainbows In Mythology - Biblical Rainbows
According to the Biblical account, after Noah saved the animals from the Great Flood, a rainbow appeared. As the flood had killed all oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Campaign
The campaign starts off with the Atlantean hero, Arkantos, discussing with the Theocrat how they are losing Poseidon's favor. Pirates the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Age Of Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Age Of Mythology - Heroes
A few "heroes" come with the pack (such as Achilles or Bellerophon). They are mostly Greek but a few heroes are Egyptian or Norse. They a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romanian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Romanian Mythology - Dacian Mythology
Romanian mythology - Dacian and Thracian gods. Zalmoxis (Zamolxe) - prophet, god - subterranean Gebeleizis - ultimate god - heavenly B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Mythology - Literature
Perhaps the first attempt to construct a mythology out of whole cloth was the book of Pherecydes of Syros, written in Greek Southern Ita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coyote Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Coyote Mythology - Coyote In Mythology
Coyote mythology - The trickster. He often plays the role of trickster, although in some stories he is a buffoon and the butt of jokes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine Mythology - Mythological Stories
Malakas and Maganda (Strong and Beautiful) Malakas and Maganda is about the origin of how the Philippines' land and people started from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine Mythology - Mythological Stories
Malakas and Maganda Malakas and Maganda is about the origin of how the Philippines' land and people started from two giants. "When God wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Mythology - Dimensions
The vedic mythology has several dimensions. Vedic mythology - The deities. Vedic mythologies contain certain elements which are common ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Mythology - Mythological Cycle
The Mythological Cycle, comprising stories of the former gods and origins of the Irish, is the least well preserved of the four cycles. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venus Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Venus Mythology - Venus In Other Mythologies
In addition to Turan and Aphrodite, other figures possibly corresponding to Venus are: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli in Aztec mythology Kukulcan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Mythology - Music
In classical music, Richard Wagner's operas were a deliberate attempt to create a new kind of Gesamtkunstwerk ("total work of art"), tran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Mythology - In The Talmud
The natural tendency to create myths, expelled as it had been by the Prophets, returned with force during the Talmudic period, probably u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - The Wars
Main article: Wars of Hindu Mythology Hindu mythology - The weapons. There are several weapons used by the Gods of the Hindu mythology,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaia Mythology - In Greek Mythology
Hesiod's Theogony (116ff) tells how, after Chaos, arose broad-breasted Gaia the everlasting foundation of the gods of Olympus. She brough...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Mythology - Legends
There are a few definitely Jewish legends of the Middle Ages which partake of the character of folktales, such as those of the Jewish pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - The Druids
The druids, who have been romanticised in modern literature, were the largely hereditary class of priests responsible for transmitting an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blackfoot Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Blackfoot Mythology - Misc
Apikunni is the inventor of tobacco and made the first war-time killing with an aspen stick. The Sta-au are a type of ghost, specifically...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venus Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Venus Mythology - Venus In Other Mythologies
In addition to Turan and Aphrodite, other figures possibly corresponding to Venus are: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli in Aztec mythology Kukulcan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Mythology - Bharatavarsha
The first king to conquer all of the world was Bharata, son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. All of this world, Vishwa, is named Bharatavarsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Mythology - An Overview
The scope of Greek mythology is enormous. It extends from the horrific crimes of the early gods and the bloody wars of Troy and Thebes, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine Mythology - Filipino Mythology Gods And Goddesses
The famous gods and goddesses of Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Chinese, and Japanese mythology are the most widespread popular mythology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - The Druids
The druids, who have been romanticised in modern literature, were the largely hereditary class of priests responsible for transmitting an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaia Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaia Mythology - Interpretations
Some sources, such as authors Marijas Gimbutas and Barbara Walker, claim that Gaia as the Mother Earth is a later form of a pre-Indo-Euro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaos Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaos Mythology - Theogonia
According to Hesiod's Theogonia (The origin of the Gods), Chaos was the nothingness out of which the first objects of existence appeared....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaos Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaos Mythology - Characteristics
The original meaning of Χάος /'xaos/ or /'χaos/ was "Space, the great outer void". Ovid, in his Metamorphoses, described Chaos as "r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trees In Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Trees In Mythology - Examples
Trees in mythology - Trees of cosmic significance. Tree of Life (Abrahamic Mythology, Cabala/Jewish mysticism) Tree of Knowledge of Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Welsh Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Welsh Mythology - Characters
The Welsh had been Christian for many centuries before their former mythology was written down, and their gods had long been transformed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish Mythology - The Sources
The three main manuscript sources for Irish mythology are the late 11th/early 12th century Lebor na hUidre which is in the library of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Religion And Mythology
Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion. Some use the words myth and mytholo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Modern Mythology
Film and book series like Star Wars and Tarzan have strong mythological aspects that sometimes develop into deep and intricate philosophi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Myths By Region
Mythology - Africa. Akamba mythology - Akan mythology - Alur mythology - Ashanti mythology - Bambara mythology - Bambuti mythology - B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Related Concepts
A fairy tale itself is not a myth. Myths are not the same as fables, legends, folktales, fairy tales, anecdotes or fiction, but sloppy us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Formation Of Myths
What forces create myths? Robert Graves said of Greek myth: "True myth may be defined as the reduction to narrative shorthand of ritual m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Myths As Depictions Of Historical Events
Although myths are often considered to be accounts of events that have not happened, many historians consider that myths can also be acco...   » Read the article