Mythology Resources
MYTHOLOGY INFLUENCES
1. Tolkiens
Mythology Sources TolkienWiki
2. Sources
and Influences on Tolkien of early literature - Mike's Tolkien Resources
3. The
Myths That Inspired Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings and Creating
a Mythological Identity for England National Geographic
4. Tracing
the Epic The literary sources for The Lord of the Rings Heren Istarion
(NY Tolkien Society)
5. Tolkien's Time
Machine: When Literary Worlds Collide Author: Michael Martinez - Suite
101
6. Tolkien's
Heroic and Mythic Sources By Anthony S Burdge Heren Istarion
* On Fairy
Stories by J. R. R. Tolkien
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MYTHOLOGY REFERENCES:
1. Encyclopedia
Mythica
2. Mythology, and:
Folklore and: Medieval literature
Wikipedia
3. Probert
Encyclopaedia: Mythology - thorough overview
4. InfoPlease:
Mythology overview: Greek, Norse, Egyptian
5. An
Etymological Dictionary of Mythology
7. Mythology -
TolkienWiki
8. Elf in Mythology
Wikipedia
9. Suite101.com:
Mythology Essays
10. Lombardic
Legend: Myths and Truth article at TolkienWiki Essays
11. Celtic
Mythology Wikipedia
12. Fairy or Faery and: Faerie Wikipedia
13. List
of Species in Folklore and Mythology: by type Wikipedia
14. Mythology EncycloZine
15. Literature and Themes in
Literature and History of
literature Wikipedia
16. Mythology Essays
Index Suite101.com
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Themes, Motifs and Typology in Mythology:
1. Themes,
Motifs & Symbols in Mythology Edith Hamilton Sparknotes
2. Myth and Meaning
brief overview: Archetypes and Metaphors, Hero's Journey, the Call, Refusal,
Rites and Rituals World Changes .Com
3. Mythology:
Common Types of Myths Cosmic Myths, Of the Gods, Heroes, Interpreting
Myths, Antiquity, early Christian and Hebrew Encarta Encyclopedia Article
4. Themes in
Literature Wikipedia
5. Mythology: common
motifs creation, origins of dieties, Renewal and Rebirth Artzia .com
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1. Typology of
Mythological Characters Europe Mythology: series of essays on Europe
mythology, includes of an informative map
2. Archetypes
Wikipedia
3. Greek Gods:
Myths and Symbols Men, Myths, Minds Home Page
4. Mythological
Archetypes EncycloZine
5. Archetypal
Hero Titan .SFASU .edu
6. The Hero's
Journey - good articles and essays: The Hero's Journey
Pattern and: Threshold Guardians:
often fearsome, they measure our readiness for the Quest plus more articles
of interest Your Heroic Journey.com: A resource for educators and students
7. Heroes
Encyclopedia Mythica
8. Jung's
Archetypes Shadow, Anima/Animus, Syzygy, Child, Self
9. Carl
Jung and the Collective Unconscious (Lecture discussing archetypes) by David McCarthy's
English 204
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GENERAL MYTHOLOGY PAGES:
(Informative sites strictly devoted to mythology)
1. Bilbo's World:
Mythology Home Page Norse, LotR, Fairy Tale, Greek, Egyptian, etc.
2. MythSearch.com Mythology
search engine: Arthurian Legend, Celtic Myth, MythSearch.com: Egyptain Myth,
Greco-Roman, Before Troy, Hinduism, Mythic Creatures, South Pacific, Eastern
Asia, Eastern Europe, Americas, Religions of the Middle East, The African
Diaspora,
4. Fairy Mythology
Index by Thomas Keightley
5. Legends and Fairy Tales
6. Timeless Myths Classical,
Norse, Celtic, Arthurian, Heroes, FAQs, links
7. Legends: Beowulf, Fairy
Tales, Sagas, Robin Hood, King Arthur, Erin & Alba, Pirates, Ballads,
Swashbucklers, Shakespeare, Sea-Kings, Paladins & Princes, Poets & Painters
8. Indo-European
Mythologies free texts and images on-line
9. MythologyWeb: Mythology, folklore
and legends
10. Windows
to the Universe: Mythology beginner, intermediate, advanced: themes &
objects in the sky in different world cultures
11. Greek and Norse Mythology
Compared by Gareth Long
12. MythNET (Greek
Mythology)
13. Irish Mythology
Literature, Folklore, and Drama
14. Faerie Central definition,
existence, description, history and cultures, organization, Trooping and
solitary, style of life, size, rings and dances, Elves, Lord of the Rings
gallery
15. Atlas of myths
16. Mythography Exploring
Greek, Roman, and Celtic myths
17. Family Tree: Ancient
Gods of Greek Myth Family tree of the Greek Gods
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1. Polynesian
Mythology See also: Maui a
famous Polynesian myth, especially in New zealand and Hawaii. (note: it is
interesting to notice the similarities in themes and motifs from cultures so
vastly different in distance and likeness) and Pele and
Wikipedia
2. Legends of
Maui Legends of Maui - a demi god of Polynesia and of his mother Hina
by W. D. Westervelt
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NORSE MYTHOLOGY
1. Norse Mythology
Wikipedia
2. Norse
Mythology Homepage Bilbo's World
3. Norse
Mythology Cal Tech .edu
4. Germanic Myths, Legends,
and Sagas
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5. Kalevala (in
English) SKS Fin Lit .fi
6. The Poetic Edda
Index The Poetic Edda Index - translated by Henry Adams Bellows - Sacred
texts .com
7. The Story of the
Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) Berkeley .Edu
(more Norse Mythology may be found in the General Mythology Pages
section)
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BEOWULF:
1. Beowulf
Hypertext text, characters, family trees, history, links.
2. Legends:
Beowulf on the Net includes lots of links to Beowulf Legends .net
3. Beowulf Summary Essays,
Quotes, and Pictures, references Enotes
4. Beowulf,
full-text at everypoet.com archive
7. Syd Allan's Beowulf page a
comprehensive site for "people who are just starting to learn about
Beowulf.
8. Adventures
of Beowulf translation by Dr. David Breeden.
9. Beowulf Sparknotes
Study Guide
10. Origins of
Beowulf Reference information: description, origins, backgournd, themes
of later writers, excerpts, links Science Daily
11. PDF: Beowulf
prose translation by Clarence Griffin Child [PDF Format]
12. Resources
for the Study of Beowulf vast amount of references, resources and links.
13. Beowulf
1 Etexts: Classic Literature at About.com
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Dragon Myths:
1. Dragons in the
Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien by Hargrove
2. Serene Dragon a
Massive List of Dragons
3. Circle of the Dragon
Dragons of Fame
4. Silver Dragon
Breath Library with dragons
5. Dragon
Caverns Myths around the world
6. Dragon
Myths various world myths
7. The Serene
Dragon Dragons of Scandinavia
8. Welsh Dragon Dragons and
Legends
9. Dragon
Myths Japanese and Chinese
10. Draconia "Here
Be Dragons!"
11. Advanced Dragon
Description
12. Dragons defined,
powers, types, famous dragons, origins, significance, alchemy
13. The
Great Worms Essay on Tolkiens Dragons by Warren Lawless
14. List of dragons
15. Dragonorama Famous
Dragon Names: A Concise Directory of Famous Dragons
16. Dragons,
Unicorns and Mythological creatures EDSITEment: Lesson Plan
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* Smaug
Gallery (revised) Links to images
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Mythology Link-list Pages:
1. Myth*Ing Links An
Annotated & Illustrated Collection of Worldwide Links to Mythologies, Fairy
Tales & Folklore, Sacred Arts & Sacred Traditions
2. Myths and
Legends around the world and links
3. Web Resources: Mythopoeic
Society
4. Folklinks: Folk and
Fairy-Tale Sites
5. Digital Librarian:
Mythology
6. Mythology Resources to
help you with your homework
7.
Mythology & Legends Link list ThinkQuest Library
8. Mythology & The
Hero Mythology, Folklore, and the Hero's Journey @Web English Teacher -
types of myths, heores, archetypes, etc also link pages to: Classical
Mythology, Creation Stories, Beowulf, Homer, Arthurian Legend, Cinderella
9. Jonathan Young's Mythic
Resources
10. Mythology
and Folklore Links grouped in categories
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