Directory of Comparative Mythology Resources

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• Common Elements in Creation Myths

  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

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

• Georges Dumézil - Indo-European Mythology

  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

  http://users.cwnet.com/millenia/legend.htm
  Comparison of Hungarian myths and legends with Scythian and Mesopotamian ones.

• Myth of Creation

  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

  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

  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.

• The Golden Bough

  http://www.bartleby.com/196/
  Classical work by Sir James George Frazer, from the 1922 edition.

 

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