Mythology & Folklore: World Mythology Resources

This encyclopedia provides an overview of approximately 3000 myths and legends from around the world and throughout the ages.

A comprehensive if not exhaustive reference focusing on the origins, histories, and functions of the deities. Also includes the names and alternate names, ancient and modern of the people who believed in them. Extensive cross-referencing identifies classes of deities, alternate spellings and names,

This book provides access to more than 2,500 religious figures, from ancient Sumerian gods through to the modern Haitian deities. New features include cross-references and comprehensive indexes.

Critically acclaimed introduction of broad scope to the myths of Mesoamerica from ancient times to the present.

A collection of 400 stories, arranged alphabetically, that touch on virtually every aspect of religious belief. Here are gods and goddesses, epic heroes and divine tricksters, along with epics of the world's origins, the struggle between the human and the divine, and much more. Covers the entire continent, from the mouth of the Nile to the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, including North African as well as sub-Saharan cultures.

With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts.

This reference offers a broad overview of the elements that constitute and characterize Celtic mythology and folklore. Approximately 1000 entries cover such topics as mythic figures; heroic figures; narrative and epic cycles; sacred places and objects; and theories and controversies.

Provides a sweeping history of the development of the rich and varied European mythological tradition. Among its contents are introductions to the pantheons of various mythologies, examinations of major mythological works, and retellings of the influential mythical stories. This work also examines European deities, creation myths, and heroes in the context of Christian belief, and considers the translation of traditional stories into the mythologies of modern European political, scientific, philosophical, and economic movements.