Myths - Comparative Mythology

Comparative Mythology

Web Sites

Common Elements in Creation Myths
internet info - http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths.html
Explores and highlights commonalities amongst stories depicting the creation of the world from several cultures.

Encyclopedia Mythica
internet info - http://www.pantheon.org/
An online encyclopedia of world mythologies for the scholar, researcher and casual reader.

Georges Dumézil Indo-European Mythology
internet info - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dumezil/
Discussion group for the work of Georges Dumézil on Indo-European mythology and trifunctionality.

Hungarian Heritage Page: Myths and Legends
internet info - http://users.cwnet.com/millenia/legend.htm
Comparison of Hungarian myths and legends with Scythian and Mesopotamian ones.

Myth of Creation
internet info - http://www.stenudd.com/myth/
Articles on mythology by Stefan Stenudd, working on a dissertation on creation myths and their patterns of thought.

Mythic Rhythm
internet info - http://www.mythicrhythm.com/
Mythic Rhythm is a website and companion weblog that addresses myth and culture in relation to the rhythms of modern life. The site explores myth, film, story, folklore and music of cultures all over the world.

Mythopedia
internet info - http://www.mythopedia.info/
Proposing a theory of unity of human mythology, listing the common motifs in mythology, ritual, and symbolism, with an encyclopaedia of gods and myths from all corners of the world.

Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology
internet info - http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/FisMyth ...
By John Fiske (1900), e-tetxt from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.