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WEB SITES
- Of Gods and Men: The A to Z of Mythology and Legend - A terrific little dictionary of mythological figures. Near the bottom of the page you will find an A-Z index.
- Godchecker: Your Guide to the Gods - "Mythology with a twist."
- The Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology - From MythWeb where you can also read stories of the gods and heroes.
- Greek Mythology Link - From Carlos Parada, author of the Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology. Fairly comprehensive, with divine, mortal, and semi-divine characters, genealogy, maps, a bibliography and great list of links.
- Windows to the Universe - Classical Mythology - This astronomy site includes mythology because of the many cultures that associate objects in the sky with their gods and goddesses. Good information.
- Classical Myth: the ancient sources - Find images and ancient texts at this site.
- Mythology Web: Folklore, myths and legends.
- Greek Mythology - Fairly comprehensive, with the players, the places and their stories.
- Greek Mythology - A who's who, stories, and a map of the area. A student compilation.
- Greek Mythology Link - Based on the book Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology. A comprehensive guide to the myths of Greece, their genealogy and ancient and modern sources. Not terribly user-friendly.
- Bulfinch's Mythology: the age of fable or stories of gods and heroes - Online version of the classic text.
- Mythology Project - In conjunction with a college level class on classical mythology. Some incomplete entries.
- From Myth to Eternity - Too many frames and stuff moving all around -- but when you finally get to the content,
it's pretty good.- The Pantheon - Overview of Greek mythology: the gods, titans, ages of man, and creation.
- The Mythology of the Constellations
- The Ancient Gods - Brief entries on the major players.
- Look for more using Argos, a search engine that searches ancient- and medieval-related sites.
- Perseus Project - A scholarly, digital library of sources for studying the ancient world.
- Theoi Project - "A guide to the Ancient Greek Pantheon of Gods (Theoi), Spirits (Daimones) and Monsters (Theres)." Includes source references and many illustrations.
- Encyclopedia of the Celts - Includes legends and mythology.
- Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts - Collected from a number of sources
- Germanic Myths, Legends and Sagas - A companion site to the one above.
- Germanic Myths - College student project.
- Greek vs. Norse Mythology - A comparison.
- Norse Mythology - "Basic information" and links to more.
- Enter the Mist: Comparative Mythology - Norse, Celtic, Roman, Greek, Baltic, Slavic, Persian, Hittite, Hindu.
- Myths and Legends - Links to Web sources for world mythologies.
- Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - Online version of an older edition of a standard reference work.
- Genesis Project - Creation myths.
- Ancient World Web: Mythology and Religion - Broad listing of Web sites.
- Egyptian Gods Description - Brief entries.
- Brief Biographies of Egyptian Gods
- Myths and Legends of Ancient Korea
BOOKS
Look for these and other titles in the 290 non-fiction section:
- New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, ed. by Felix Guirand.
MAIN ADULT 200.403 679.- Myth and Ritual in the Ancient Near East by E.O. James
MAIN ADULT 290 5036.- By Jove! Brush Up Your Mythology, by Michael Macrone.
MAIN ADULT 292.13 Macrone.- Cliffs Notes on Mythology, by James Weigel, Jr.
MAIN ADULT 291.13 Weigel.- Greek Mythology, by John Pinsent.
MAIN ADULT 292.13 727.- Ancient Greek Mythology, by Iain Thomson.
MAIN ADULT 292.13 Thomson.- The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends, by Arthur Cotterell.
MAIN ADULT 291.1303 Cotterell.- The Eternal Drama: The Inner Meaning of Greek Mythology, by Edward F. Edinger.
MAIN ADULT 292.13019 Edinger- Mythology and You: Classical Mythology and Its Relevance to Today's World, by Donna Rosenberg & Sorelle Baker.
MAIN ADULT 292.13 788.- Near Eastern Mythology by John Gray
MAIN ADULT 299.093 431.- Celtic Mythology by Proinsias MacCana
MAIN ADULT 299.16 601.- An Encyclopeida of Celtic Mythology by Bob Curran
MAIN ADULT 299.16 Curran.- Egyptian Mythology by Veronica Ions
MAIN ADULT 299.31 5081.- Ancient Egyptian Mythology by Jo Forty
MAIN ADULT 299.31 Forty.- Plains Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin
MAIN ADULT 299.7 Marriott.- Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer
MAIN ADULT 299.9295 Kramer.