myth

arts

• basketry  (in  basketry)
• coinage  (in  coin: Coins as historical data)
• East Asian performing arts  (in  East Asian arts: Common traditions)
• folk art  (in  folk art: Other sources of folk motifs)

• literature

   (in  literature: Themes and their sources)
  • allegory  (in  fable, parable, and allegory (parable): Allegory and myth)
  • epics  (in  epic (literary genre): General characteristics)
  • folk literature  (in  folk literature: The nature of oral traditions)
  • novel  (in  novel (literature): Myth, symbolism, significance)
  • short story  (in  short story (literature): The Greeks)
• theatre  (in  theatre (building): German Romanticism and Naturalism)

countries and cultures

• African oral and written traditions  (in  African literature: The nature of storytelling; in  African literature: History and myth )

• American Indian

   (in  Native American literature: General characteristics; in  South American forest Indian: Belief and aesthetic systems )
  • Iroquois  (in  Iroquois (people))
• Australian Aborigine  (in  Australian literature: Aboriginal narrative: the oral tradition)
• Buddhist  (in  Buddhism (religion): Mythology)
• Christianity  (in  Christianity: Christian myth and legend)

• East Asian

  • Chinese  (in  Chinese literature: Literary use of myths)
  • Korean  (in  Korean literature: Prose)
• Egyptian religious motifs  (in  Egyptian religion: Myth)

• Greek and Hellenistic

   (in  Hellenistic religion: Cosmogony and cosmology)
  • Homeric epics  (in  Homer (Greek poet): Cumulative poetic structure)
  • literary trends  (in  Greek literature: Archaic period, to the end of the 6th century bc)

• Hindu

  • contemporary  (in  Hinduism (religion): Vernacular literatures)
  • epic and Purāṇic  (in  Hinduism (religion): Epics and Puranas)
  • Madhya Pradesh  (in  Madhya Pradesh (state, India): Oral tradition)
  • Uttar Pradesh  (in  Uttar Pradesh (state, India): Prehistory and mythology)
  • Vedic  (in  Hinduism (religion): Cosmogony and cosmology)
• Islamic  (in  Islām (religion): Islāmic myth and legend)
• Judaism  (in  Judaism (religion): Jewish myth and legend)
• Mesopotamia  (in Mesopotamian mythology)
• Middle Eastern  (in  Middle Eastern religion: Nature: the framework of ideas and practices)
• Mithraic  (in  Mithraism (Persian religion): Mythology and theology)
• Northern Ireland  (in  Northern Ireland (constituent unit, United Kingdom): Mythic history)
• Oceanic  (in  Oceanic art and architecture (visual arts): The central desert; in  Oceanic literature: The myth )
• Roman  (in  Roman religion: Nature and significance; in  Western painting (art): Early Christian )
• Scandinavian literature  (in  Iceland: Commonwealth (c. 930–1262))
• Zoroastrian  (in  Zoroastrianism (religion): Beliefs and mythology)

religious aspects

• African religions  (in  African religions: Mythology)
• angels and demons  (in  angel and demon (religion))
• atheism  (in  atheism: Comprehensive definition of atheism)
• dualism  (in  dualism (religion): Egypt and Mesopotamia)
• eschatology  (in  eschatology (religion): The theme of origins and last things)
• explanation of abnormalities  (in  malformation (biology): Animal malformations)
• Gnosticism  (in  gnosticism (religious movement): Adversus haereses)
• manifestations of the sacred  (in  sacred (religion): Manifestations of the sacred)
• Middle Eastern religions  (in  Middle Eastern religion: Myths as the basic mode of religious thought; in  Anatolian religion: Mythology; in  Iranian religion: Mythology and cosmology )
• millennialism  (in  eschatology (religion): Ancient times)
• morality  (in  ethics (philosophy): Introduction of moral codes)
• mystery religions  (in  mystery religion: Eleusinian)
• nature worship  (in  nature worship (religion): Heaven and earth as sacred spaces, forces, or processes)
• polytheism  (in  polytheism: Germanic, Scandinavian, Celtic, and Slavic mythologies)
• religious experience  (in  religious experience: Verbal, conceptual, and symbolic)
• ritual  (in  ritual: Nature and significance; in  ritual: Conclusion )
• shamanism  (in  shamanism (religion): Worldview)
• symbolism  (in  religious symbolism and iconography: Relation to myth and ritual)
• theology  (in  theology: Nature of theology)
• totem masks  (in  mask (face covering): Social and religious uses)

study by

• Bultmann  (in  Rudolf Bultmann (German theologian))
• Campbell  (in  Joseph Campbell (American author))
• Frazer  (in  history of Europe: The social sciences; in  animism: Counter theories )
• Greco-Roman scholars  (in  study of religion: Early attempts to study religion)

• Adad (Mesopotamian deity)
• Amon (Egyptian god)
• Anubis (Egyptian god)
• Apis (Egyptian god)
• Asherah (Semitic goddess)
• Ashur (Mesopotamian deity)
• Astarte (ancient deity)
• Aton (Egyptian god)
• Attis (Phrygian deity)
• Atum (Egyptian god)
• Baal (ancient deity)
• Brân (Celtic god)
• Cernunnos (Celtic deity)
• Chang’e (Chinese deity)
• Cheng Huang (Chinese deity)
• Ea (Mesopotamian deity)
• El (Semitic deity)
• Ereshkigal (Mesopotamian goddess)
• Geb (Egyptian god)
• Great Mother of the Gods (ancient deity)
• Hadad (ancient god)
• Hathor (Egyptian goddess)
• Hebat (ancient deity)
• Horus (Egyptian god)
• Huitzilopochtli (Aztec god)
• Ishtar (Mesopotamian goddess)
• Isis (Egyptian goddess)
• Kuei Xing (Chinese deity)
• Lugus (Celtic deity)
• Marduk (Babylonian god)
• Nabu (Babylonian deity)
• Nergal (Mesopotamian deity)
• Ninurta (Sumerian deity)
• Nut (Egyptian goddess)
• Osiris (Egyptian god)
• Ptah (Egyptian god)
• Quetzalcóatl (Meso-American god)
• Re (Egyptian god)
• Serapis (Greco-Egyptian deity)
• Seth (Egyptian god)
• Shamash (Mesopotamian god)
• Sin (Mesopotamian god)
• Tammuz (Mesopotamian god)
• Tarhun (ancient god)
• Teshub (Hurrian deity)
• Tezcatlipoca (Aztec god)
• Thoth (Egyptian god)
• Tlaloc (Aztec god)
• Viracocha (Inca deity)
• Xipe Totec (Aztec deity)

• Amazon (Greek mythology)
• Argonaut (Greek mythology)
• bunyip (mythological creature)
• Chicomecóatl (Aztec goddess)
• churning of the ocean of milk (Hindu mythology)
• cockatrice (mythological creature)
• Corybantes (mythology)
• creation myth
• dragon (mythological creature)
• epic (literary genre)
• Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian literature)
• fable (literature)
• Fu Shen (Chinese mythology)
• Fuxing (Chinese mythology)
• Germanic religion and mythology
• giant (mythology)
• gnome (folklore)
• Goibhniu (Celtic mythology)
• Greek mythology
• griffin (mythological creature)
• Guandi (Chinese deity)
• hippogriff (legendary animal)
• Hou Ji (Chinese mythology)
• Japanese mythology
• kraken (legendary sea monster)
• legend (literature)
• literature
• Macha (Celtic war goddess)
• mandrake (Mandragora genus)
• manticore (legendary animal)
• Märchen (folk tale)
• Men Shen (Chinese deities)
• mermaid (legendary being)
• Mesopotamian mythology
• myth
• ogre (mythological character)
• orc (mythological creature)
• phoenix (mythological bird)
• Piasa bird (mythical creature)
• religion
• roc (legendary bird)
• saga (literature)
• Sansin (religion)
• scripture (religious literature)
• sea serpent (mythology)
• Shu (Egyptian god)
• sídh (Irish folklore)
• sphinx (mythology)
• sylph (folklore)
• unicorn (mythological creature)

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• Facts about myth: Australian Aborigine, as discussed in Australian literature: Aboriginal narrative: the oral tradition:
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• Facts about myth: Egyptian religious motifs, as discussed in Egyptian religion: Myth:
• Facts about myth: Frazer, as discussed in animism: Counter theories:
• Facts about myth: Frazer, as discussed in history of Europe: The social sciences:
• Facts about myth: Gnosticism, as discussed in gnosticism (religious movement): Adversus haereses:
• Facts about myth: Greco-Roman scholars, as discussed in study of religion: Early attempts to study religion:
• Facts about myth: Homeric epics, as discussed in Homer (Greek poet): Cumulative poetic structure:
• Facts about myth: Iroquois, as discussed in Iroquois (people):
• Facts about myth: Islamic, as discussed in Islām (religion): Islāmic myth and legend:
• Facts about myth: Judaism, as discussed in Judaism (religion): Jewish myth and legend:
• Facts about myth: Korean, as discussed in Korean literature: Prose:
• Facts about myth: Madhya Pradesh, as discussed in Madhya Pradesh (state, India): Oral tradition:
• Facts about myth: Middle Eastern religions, as discussed in Anatolian religion: Mythology:
• Facts about myth: Middle Eastern religions, as discussed in Iranian religion: Mythology and cosmology:
• Facts about myth: Middle Eastern religions, as discussed in Middle Eastern religion: Myths as the basic mode of religious thought:
• Facts about myth: Middle Eastern, as discussed in Middle Eastern religion: Nature: the framework of ideas and practices:
• Facts about myth: Mithraic, as discussed in Mithraism (Persian religion): Mythology and theology:
• Facts about myth: Northern Ireland, as discussed in Northern Ireland (constituent unit, United Kingdom): Mythic history:
• Facts about myth: Oceanic, as discussed in Oceanic art and architecture (visual arts): The central desert:
• Facts about myth: Oceanic, as discussed in Oceanic literature: The myth:
• Facts about myth: Roman, as discussed in Roman religion: Nature and significance:
• Facts about myth: Roman, as discussed in Western painting (art): Early Christian:
• Facts about myth: Scandinavian literature, as discussed in Iceland: Commonwealth (c. 930–1262):
• Facts about myth: Uttar Pradesh, as discussed in Uttar Pradesh (state, India): Prehistory and mythology:
• Facts about myth: Vedic, as discussed in Hinduism (religion): Cosmogony and cosmology:
• Facts about myth: allegory, as discussed in fable, parable, and allegory (parable): Allegory and myth:
• Facts about myth: angels and demons, as discussed in angel and demon (religion):
• Facts about myth: atheism, as discussed in atheism: Comprehensive definition of atheism:
• Facts about myth: basketry, as discussed in basketry:
• Facts about myth: coinage, as discussed in coin: Coins as historical data:
• Facts about myth: contemporary, as discussed in Hinduism (religion): Vernacular literatures:
• Facts about myth: dualism, as discussed in dualism (religion): Egypt and Mesopotamia:
• Facts about myth: epic and Purāṇic, as discussed in Hinduism (religion): Epics and Puranas:
• Facts about myth: epics, as discussed in epic (literary genre): General characteristics:
• Facts about myth: eschatology, as discussed in eschatology (religion): The theme of origins and last things:
• Facts about myth: explanation of abnormalities, as discussed in malformation (biology): Animal malformations:
• Facts about myth: folk art, as discussed in folk art: Other sources of folk motifs:
• Facts about myth: folk literature, as discussed in folk literature: The nature of oral traditions:
• Facts about myth: literary trends, as discussed in Greek literature: Archaic period, to the end of the 6th century bc:
• Facts about myth: manifestations of the sacred, as discussed in sacred (religion): Manifestations of the sacred:
• Facts about myth: millennialism, as discussed in eschatology (religion): Ancient times:
• Facts about myth: morality, as discussed in ethics (philosophy): Introduction of moral codes:
• Facts about myth: mystery religions, as discussed in mystery religion: Eleusinian:
• Facts about myth: nature worship, as discussed in nature worship (religion): Heaven and earth as sacred spaces, forces, or processes:
• Facts about myth: novel, as discussed in novel (literature): Myth, symbolism, significance:
• Facts about myth: polytheism, as discussed in polytheism: Germanic, Scandinavian, Celtic, and Slavic mythologies:
• Facts about myth: religious experience, as discussed in religious experience: Verbal, conceptual, and symbolic:
• Facts about myth: ritual, as discussed in ritual: Conclusion:
• Facts about myth: ritual, as discussed in ritual: Nature and significance:
• Facts about myth: shamanism, as discussed in shamanism (religion): Worldview:
• Facts about myth: short story, as discussed in short story (literature): The Greeks:
• Facts about myth: symbolism, as discussed in religious symbolism and iconography: Relation to myth and ritual:
• Facts about myth: theatre, as discussed in theatre (building): German Romanticism and Naturalism:
• Facts about myth: theology, as discussed in theology: Nature of theology:
• Facts about myth: totem masks, as discussed in mask (face covering): Social and religious uses:
• Facts about mythology, as discussed in Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia mythology:
• Facts about mythology: Babylonia and Assyria, as discussed in Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia Babylonia and Assyria: Stories of Gods and Heroes:
• Facts about mythology: flight, as discussed in Britannica Compton's Encyclopedia airplane: Flights in Myth and Fantasy: