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  Other Mythology Encyclopaedia
In Finnish mythology, Akka was the consort of Ukko.
In Japanese mythology, Ama Terasu is the Sun-Goddess.
In Finnish mythology, Tuonetar was the consort of Tuoni.
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 Learn more about Mythology in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion.
Stories from scripture are usually not referred to as mythology except in a pejorative sense, but one can speak of a Jewish mythology, a Christian mythology, or an Islamic mythology, in which one describes the mythic elements within these faiths without speaking to the veracity of the faith's tenets or claims about its history.
Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, scientific mythology, and many other ways.
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 Mythology - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
In modern usage, mythology is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths.
While in common usage of "myth", the word may indicate a fiction, or half-truth (and nearly all dictionaries include this definition), "myth" does not always imply that a story is either objectively false or true, it rather refers to a spiritual, psychological or symbolical notion of truth unrelated to materialist or objectivist notions.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Myths are generally stories based on tradition and legend designed to explain the universe, the world's creation, natural phenomenon, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself.
Although many people think that a mythology must be old, it does not have to be so.
An excellent example of such a mythology is that developed by J.
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 The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Mythology
English mythology is in use since the 15th century, in the meaning "an exposition of myths".
While in common usage of "myth", the word originally meant something false or dubious (nearly all dictionaries include this definition), "myth" does not always imply that a story is either objectively false or true, it rather refers to a spiritual, psychological or symbolical notion of truth unrelated to materialist or objectivist notions.
One can speak of a Jewish mythology, a Christian mythology, or an Islamic mythology, in which one describes the mythic elements within these faiths without speaking to the veracity of the faith's tenets or claims about its history.
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 Mythology - Theo
Mythology is the study of myths: stories of a particular culture that it believes to be true and that feature a specific religious or belief system.
However, it is important to keep in mind that while some view the Norse and Celtic pantheons as mere fable, others hold them as a religion, though the modern versions of these beliefs usually have little to no resemblance to the originals (see Neopaganism).
Aztec mythology - Incan mythology - Guarani mythology - Haitian mythology - Maya mythology - Olmec mythology - Toltec mythology
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 Mythology Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Buddhist mythology - Bon mythology (pre-Buddhist Tibetan mythology) - Chinese mythology - Hindu mythology - Japanese mythology - Korean mythology
Anglo-Saxon mythology - Celtic mythology - Corsican mythology - German mythology - Greek mythology - English mythology - Etruscan mythology - Finnish mythology - Fjort mythology - Irish mythology - Latvian mythology - Norse mythology - Polish mythology - Roman mythology - Romanian mythology - Sardinian mythology - Slavic mythology
Aztec mythology - Incan mythology - Guarani mythology - Maya mythology - Olmec mythology - Toltec mythology
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 Mythology
Mythology -- by Edith Hamilton "Edith Hamilton loved the ancient Western myths with a passion--and this classic compendium is her tribute.
Mythology : Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes -- by Edith Hamilton --A collection of Greek and Roman myths from various classical sources arranged in section on the gods and early heroes, love and adventure stories, heroes before and during the Trojan War, and lesser myths.
The Dictionary of Classical Mythology by John Edward Zimmerman --"A knowledge of classical mythology is indispensable in understanding and appreciating much of the great literature, sculpture, and painting of both the ancients and the moderns.
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 Mythology - The Mind-N-Magick Paganpedia
Myths are generally narratives passed down traditionally intended to explain the universal and local beginnings ("creation myths" and "founding myths"), natural phenomena, inexplicable cultural conventions, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself.
However, as Lucien Lévy-Bruhl puts it, "The primitive mentality is a condition of the human mind, and not a stage in its historical development." (Mâche 1992, p.8) Most often the term refers specifically to ancient tales from very old cultures, such as Greek mythology or Roman mythology.
Myths are not the same as fables, legends, folktales, fairy tales, anecdotes or fiction, but sloppy usage has blurred the distinctions in many people's minds.
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 Mythology - Internet-Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Myths are generally stories based on tradition and legend designed to explain the universal and local beginnings ("creation myths and "founding myths"), natural phenomena, inexplicable cultural conventions, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself.
In the 1950s Roland Barthes published a series of essays examining modern myths and the process of their creation in his book Mythologies.
Encyclopedia Mythica Comprehensive encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legend; covers deities, heroes and mythical beasts.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Efik
The Efik people are a branch of the Ibibio, who in the early 1600s migrated down the Cross River and founded numerous settlements in the Creek Town-Duke Town area (now in Cross River State, Nigeria), and across the river in Cameroon.
The Efik were the middle men between the white traders on the coast and the inland tribes of the Cross river and Calabar district.
The Efik king known as Efik Monarch and Obong of Calabar still (2006) is a political power among the Efik.
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 Myths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The word mythology (from the Greek words muthos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning a word or argument) literally means the study of myths, or stories of a particular culture that it believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
Mythology is also commonly used to refer to a collection of myths from a particular culture or religion.
Myths are generally narratives based on tradition and legend designed to explain the universal and local beginnings ("creation myths" and "founding myths"), natural phenomena, inexplicable cultural conventions, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself.
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 directopedia : Directory : Arts : Literature : Myths and Folktales
The modern definition of mythology is that it is primarily the body of myths from a particular culture or religion, as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology.
It has often been conflated with mythology, and vice versa, because it has been assumed that any figurative story that does not pertain to the dominant beliefs of the time is not of the same status as those dominant beliefs.
Many of the tales in the Golden Legend of Jacob de Voragine also embody folklore elements in a Christian context: examples of such Christian mythology are the themes woven round Saint George or Saint Christopher.
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 Mythology - Information from A to Z   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In common usage, myth often means a falsehood — a story which many believe to be based on fact, but which on closer examination proves fictional.
According to the eighth chapter of F. Schelling's Introduction to Philosophy and Mythology, "Mythological representations have been neither invented nor freely accepted.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
There's clearly a Google mythology and a Starbucks one was well.
Washington Post - We immediately started going to the individual, breaking some of the mythology, because the mythology and the patriotic spirit were very strong -- and justly, justly, I don't criticize it.
Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, New Age beliefs, certain aspects of religion and so forth.
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 mythology resource page - mythology
Mythology is also the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths.
Myth is often used to refer to a commonly held but erroneous belief or a misconception.
Now you can see what everyone else is searching for in regards to mythology.
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 Mythology
Myths are generally narratives about divine or heroic beings, arranged in a coherent system, passed down traditionally, and linked to the spiritual or religious life of a community, endorsed by rulers or priests.
Australian Aboriginal mythology - Hawaiian mythology - Maori mythology - Melanesian mythology - Micronesian mythology - Polynesian mythology
, The Mythology of All Races, in 12 vols., 1916.
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 African
If her children live peacefully, there will be bountiful harvests from the earth and womb.
Efik goddess who encouraged the creation of humans, choosing earth for us to inhabit.
When, as she feared, we forgot our creator and attempted to become equals of the deities themselves, she sent death to remind us that we are only human.
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 Mythology information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Arts > Humanities > Literature in Art > Mythology (33)
Arts > Humanities > Literature in Art > Mythology > Greek and Roman (25)
The current meaning of "body of myths" itself dates to 1781 (OED).
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 List_of_deities : Essential Information, explanation, and relevant links.
Egyptian mythology Egyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the body of a human, but the head of a canine.
"Kitchen Gods" (Modern Western mythology) In addition to the gods listed elsewhere, there are several minor mythological beings spoken of in current Western culture and may be taken more or less seriously.
Lusitani mythology Lusitanian (or Ancient Portuguese) Gods were later related with the Celtic and Roman invators.
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 List of deities - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
There are also lists of deities by type; see the articles death deity, household deity, lunar deity, and solar deity.
See much more complete list at Celtic mythology.
Egyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the body of a human, but the head of a canine.
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 Mythology
Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends and many other ways.
Mythology is the title of a 1942 work by Edith Hamilton detailing Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology with their sources.
To see role-playing related races, see: Fantasy bestiary
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 egyptian creation mythology information -- egyptian creation mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Greek goddess) In Greek mythology, Iambe was an old woman who...
Gods And Goddesses: Foundation of mythology in ancient cultures.
is the Peach tree of Chinese mythology, seen in the northeast.
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 Des'Tyn'Nee - Mythology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Arab mythology (pre-Islamic) - Biblical mythology - Christian mythology - Islamic mythology - Jewish mythology - Persian mythology - Mesopotamian mythology (Babylonian, Sumerian, Assrian)
* Louis Herbert Gray [ed.], The Mythology of All Races, in 12 vols., 1916.
o Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology, 1856.
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 Efik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These treaties and attendant territorial economic rights, are documented in CAP 23 of Laws of Eastern Nigeria, captioned 'Comey subsidies law'.
^ >Nwagbara, Friday (2 June 2006) "Efik monarch withholds blessing for South-South" The Tide Rivers State Newspaper Corp., Port Harcourt, Nigeria;
This page was last modified 01:38, 3 December 2006.
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 MYTHOLOGY
KOREAN MYTHOLOGY (SEE KOREAN LITERATURE and FOLKTALE RESOURCES.)
NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY (SEE ALSO NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE and MYTHOLOGY RESOURCES AND NATIVE AMERICAN RESOURCES.
OF GODS AND MEN: THE A-Z OF MYTHOLOGY AND LEGEND (BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS)
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