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)
• Arctic (Further information: Shamanism in Siberia) (overlaps with North Asia, Northern Europe and North America.)
  • Finnish mythology
  • Inuit mythology
  • Norse mythology
  • Sami mythology
• Asia
  • Southwestern Asia (Further Information: Middle Eastern mythology)
    • ancient (Further information: Ancient Near Eastern religion)
      • Mesopotamian mythology (Sumerian, Assyro-Babylonian)
      • Semitic mythology
        • Babylonian mythology
        • Arabian mythology
        • Canaanite mythology
      • Hittite mythology
      • Hurrian mythology
      • Phoenician Mythology
        • Carthaginian Mythology
      • Scythian mythology
    • medieval to modern
      • Armenian mythology
      • Ossetian mythology
      • Arabian mythology
      • Islamic mythology
      • Kurdish mythology
      • Persian mythology
  • South Asia
    • Ayyavazhi mythology
    • Hindu mythology
    • Tamil mythology
  • East Asia
    • Buddhist mythology
    • Chinese mythology
    • Japanese mythology
    • Korean mythology
    • Tibetan mythology
  • Southeast Asia
    • Philippine mythology
    • Malay mythology
    • Malagasy mythology
    • Indonesian mythology
  • Central and Northern Asia (Further information: Shamanism in Siberia) (overlaps with Eastern and Northern Europe)
    • Altaic mythology
    • Scythian mythology
    • Finnic mythology
    • Tibetan mythology
• Australia and Oceania
  • • Australian Aboriginal mythology
    • Hawaiian mythology
    • Maori mythology
    • Melanesian mythology
    • Micronesian mythology
    • Papuan mythology
    • Polynesian mythology
    • Rapa Nui mythology
• Europe (Further information: European folklore, Christian mythology, and Folk Catholicism)
  • Classical Antiquity - see also Classical Mythology
    • Greek mythology - see also Interpretatio Graeca
    • Roman mythology - see also Classical Mythology
    • Etruscan mythology
    • Celtic mythology
    • Germanic mythology
    • Paleo-Balkans mythology
    • Lusitanian mythology
  • Northern Europe (Further information: Scandinavian folklore)
    • Norse mythology
    • Finnic mythology
      • Estonian mythology
      • Finnish mythology
      • Sami mythology
    • Baltic mythology
      • Latvian mythology
      • Lithuanian mythology
  • Eastern Europe (Further information: Altaic mythology and Scythian mythology)
    • Hungarian mythology
    • Roma (Gypsy) mythology
    • Slavic mythology
    • Romanian mythology
    • Russian mythology
    • Tatar mythology
  • Southern Europe
    • Albanian folklore
    • Catalan mythology
    • Greek mythology
    • Maltese mythology
    • Spanish mythology
    • Turkish mythology
  • Western Europe (Further information: Continental Germanic mythology)
    • Alpine mythology
    • Basque mythology
    • Frankish mythology
    • French mythology
    • German mythology
  • British Isles
    • Arthurian Legend
    • English mythology
    • Irish mythology
    • Scottish mythology
    • Welsh mythology
• 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)
      • Abenaki mythology
      • Anishinaabe traditional beliefs
      • Leni Lenape mythology
    • Plains Indians
      • Blackfoot mythology
      • Crow mythology
      • Lakota mythology
      • Pawnee mythology
    • Muskogean (southern US) and Iroquois (Eastern US)
      • Iroquois mythology (Five Nations)
      • Choctaw mythology
      • Creek mythology
      • Ho-Chunk mythology
      • Huron mythology
      • Seneca mythology
    • Alaska and Arctic Canada
      • Haida mythology
      • Inuit mythology
    • Pacific Northwest
      • Kwakiutl mythology
      • Nootka mythology
    • Uto-Aztecan (Great Basin to Mexico)
      • Hopi mythology
      • Miwok mythology
      • Ohlone mythology
      • Ute mythology
      • Salish mythology
      • Tsimshian mythology
    • other southwestern US
      • Navaho mythology
      • Pomo mythology
      • Zuni mythology
  • Mesoamerica - the Mayincatec trope catches hollywood's approach to these cultures, but misses all the nuance
    • Aztec mythology
    • Maya mythology
    • Olmec mythology
  • Caribbean
    • Haitian mythology
  • South America
    • South American Folklore
    • Chilota mythology
    • Inca mythology
    • Guaraní mythology
    • Mapuche mythology

Mythologies by Religion

Further information: Myth and religion

• Christian mythology
• Buddhist mythology
• Hindu mythology
• Islamic mythology
• Jewish mythology
• African diasporic religions
  • Hoodoo
  • Vodou
  • Santería
  • Obeah
  • Kumina
  • Palo
  • Candomblé
  • Umbanda
  • Quimbanda

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
• Iron Age
  • Classical mythology
    • Greek mythology
    • Roman mythology
    • Etruscan mythology
  • Celtic mythology
  • Germanic mythology
• Late Antiquity
  • Altaic mythology
  • Slavic mythology
  • Arabian mythology
• Modern
  • Miami Street Kid Mythology

Fictional Mythologies

• Cthulhu Mythos
  • See also: Interpretatio Cthulhiana

Mythologies by Concept or Character Type:

• Folkore
  • Urban Legend
• Mythological Characters
  • Culture Hero
  • Deity / Gods
  • Psychopomp
  • Trickster
• Mythological Creatures
  • Additive Monster
  • Composite Monster
• Underworld

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.