List Of Mythologies
Basic Information
This page is a big old list of mythologies by region, culture, era, religion, etc. Every link here should correspond to a page at Wikipedia, in case you need info on a body of myth that is currently pageless here.
Mythology by Region or Culture
- Africa (Further information: African traditional religions)
- North Africa
- Berber mythology
- Carthaginian Mythology
- Egyptian mythology (Pre-Islamic)
- West Africa
- Akan mythology
- Ashanti mythology (Ghana)
- Dahomey (Fon) mythology
- Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Igbo mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Isoko mythology (Nigeria)
- Yoruba mythology (Nigeria, Benin)
- Central Africa
- Bushongo mythology (Congo)
- Baluba mythology
- Bambuti (Pygmy) mythology (Congo)
- Lugbara mythology (Congo)
- East Africa
- Akamba mythology (East Kenya)
- Dinka mythology (Sudan)
- Lotuko mythology (Sudan)
- Masai mythology (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Southern Africa
- Khoikhoi mythology
- Lozi mythology (Zambia)
- Tumbuka mythology (Malawi)
- Zulu mythology (South Africa)
- North Africa
- Arctic (Further information: Shamanism in Siberia) (overlaps with North Asia, Northern Europe and North America.)
- Asia
- Southwestern Asia (Further Information: Middle Eastern mythology)
- ancient (Further information: Ancient Near Eastern religion)
- medieval to modern
- South Asia
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Central and Northern Asia (Further information: Shamanism in Siberia) (overlaps with Eastern and Northern Europe)
- Southwestern Asia (Further Information: Middle Eastern mythology)
- Australia and Oceania
- Europe (Further information: European folklore, Christian mythology, and Folk Catholicism)
- Classical Antiquity - see also Classical Mythology
- Northern Europe (Further information: Scandinavian folklore)
- Eastern Europe (Further information: Altaic mythology and Scythian mythology)
- Southern Europe
- Western Europe (Further information: Continental Germanic mythology)
- British Isles
- Americas
- North America
- Folklore of the United States
- Native American Mythology would be overly broad so as to be nearly useless, and yet make work as a catch-all until we have time to make individual pages for various tribes
- Algonquian (northeastern US, Great Lakes)
- Plains Indians
- Muskogean (southern US) and Iroquois (Eastern US)
- Alaska and Arctic Canada
- Pacific Northwest
- Uto-Aztecan (Great Basin to Mexico)
- other southwestern US
- Mesoamerica - the Mayincatec trope catches hollywood's approach to these cultures, but misses all the nuance
- Caribbean
- South America
- North America
Mythologies by Religion
Further information: Myth and religion
- Christian mythology
- Buddhist mythology
- Hindu mythology
- Islamic mythology
- Jewish mythology
- African diasporic religions
Mythologies by time period
Ancient mythologies by period of first attestation.
- Bronze Age
- Proto-Indo-European mythology (reconstructed)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian mythology (reconstructed)
- Mesopotamian mythology (Sumerian, Akkadian)
- Egyptian mythology
- Hittite mythology
- Hurrian mythology
- Rigvedic mythology
- Proto-Indo-European mythology (reconstructed)
- Iron Age
- Late Antiquity
- Modern
Fictional Mythologies
- Cthulhu Mythos
- See also: Interpretatio Cthulhiana
Mythologies by Concept or Character Type:
Sources
Bibliography
1. Wikipedia
Game and Story Use
- There's a lot of different traditions and myths circulating this globe. They can be a powerful source of plotlines and characters.
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