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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion.
		For the purposes of this article, therefore, we use the word "mythology" to refer to stories that, while they may or may not be strictly factual, reveal fundamental truths and insights about human nature, often through the use of archetypes.
		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.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/my/Mythology (593 words)

	Learn more about Mythology in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /m/my/mythology.html (881 words)

	Tsimshian Information
		The Tsimshian are in negotiations with Canada and British Columbia for a treaty settlement.
		The Tsimshian believed that charity and purification of the body (either by cleanliness or fasting) was the route to the afterlife.
		The end of the Tsimshian as a force to be reckoned with in the north came in 1860, when smallpox annihilated 80% of the entire Tsimshian population in only three years.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Tsimshian (810 words)

	Mythology - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The modern definition of mythology primarily the body of myths from a particular culture or religion, as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology.
		Mythology is also the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths.
		Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, New Age beliefs, certain aspects of religion and so forth.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/y/t/Mythology.html (2220 words)

	Mythology
		Myths are generally stories based on tradition and legend designed to explain the universe, the world's creation, natural phenomena, and anything else for which no simple explanation presents itself.
		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.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/m/my/mythology.html (700 words)

	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.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Mythology (2634 words)

	Mythology Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A mythology is a relatively cohesive set of myths: stories that comprise a certain religion or belief system.
		Buddhist mythology - Bon mythology (pre-Buddhist Tibetan mythology) - Chinese mythology - Hindu mythology - Japanese mythology - Korean mythology
		Aztec mythology - Incan mythology - Guarani mythology - Maya mythology - Olmec mythology - Toltec mythology
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/m/my/mythology.html (801 words)

	Mythology - Monstropedia - the largest encyclopedia about monsters
		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.
		Template:Main Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion.
		Notably, during Romanticism, folktales and fairy tales were perceived as eroded fragments of earlier mythology (famously by the Brothers Grimm and Elias Lönnrot).
	www.monstropedia.org /index.php?title=Mythology (2625 words)

	Mythology - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		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.
		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.
		Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, scientific mythology, and many other ways.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/Mythology (1016 words)

	Tsimshian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Tsimshian culture, like that of the Haida and the Tlingit, was typical of the Northwest Coast area (see under Natives, North American).
		The Tsimshian were subdivided into four matrilineal phratries.
		The Episcopalian missionary William Duncan established (1857) a mission at the Tsimshian village of Metlakahtta, 15 mi (24 km) S of Port Simpson, British Columbia.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ts/Tsimshia.html (258 words)

	Mythology - Theo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		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.
		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).
	www.forumhost.us /theo/index.php?title=Mythology (1029 words)

	Coastal Arts: Native Culture and Mythology
		The Kwakiutl are known for applying their magnificent mythologies to dramatic masks and extravagant totem poles.
		Tsimshian is the collective under which the Gitksan and Nisga'a people are termed.
		A defining characteristic of Tsimshian art is that the linear elements are often detached from the main body of the design.
	www.coastalarts.net /site/culture (1610 words)

	Tsimshian mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tsimshian are a First Nations, Native American people in Canada and the United States.
		The majority of Tsimshian people live in British Columbia, while others live in Alaska.
		An Adaox is a story concerning animal spirits in human guise and is usually linked to the origin of the Earth and the peoples on it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsimshian_mythology (166 words)

	Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mythology helps us understand our culture and history as human beings, human beings as a whole, and even the nature of human thought.
		Mythology often portrays the human compassion and respect for nature, supernatural beings, animals and creatures, and to the individual itself in a state of holistic unity.
		In Tsimshian culture, a story is told in oral form, in written form from crests, and from symbols such as totem poles or other artworks that effectively reflect on traditional Tsimshian lifestyles and culture.
	www.kitsumkalum.bc.ca /mythology.html (140 words)

	AllRefer.com - Tsimshian (North American Indigenous Peoples) - Encyclopedia
		Duncan moved, however, in 1887 to Port Chester, or New Metlakahtta, on Annette Island, and most of the Tsimshian followed him.
		Today the Tsimshian live in British Columbia and Alaska, where they live mainly by fishing and forestry.
		In 1990 there were close to 10,000 Tsimshian in Canada and more than 2,000 in the United States.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tsimshia.html (320 words)

	Tsimshian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These negotiations were pursued through the Tsimshian Tribal Council until that organization dissolved in late 2005 amid legal and political turmoil.
		The Tsimshian expressed an interest in preserving their villages and fishing sites on the Skeena and Nass rivers as early as 1879, but were not able to begin negotiating a treaty until July 1983.
		A framework agreement was signed in 1997, and the Tsimshian nation continue to negotiate with the BC Treaty Commission to reach an Agreement-in-Principle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsimshian (1386 words)

	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.
	mind-n-magick.com /wiki/index.php?title=Mythology (2204 words)

	Mythology information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		These items are not mythology, but contain mythic themes that, for some people, meet similar psychological needs.
		Aboriginal mythology (natives of Australia) - Maori mythology - Melanesian mythology - Micronesian mythology - Polynesian mythology
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Mythology (2899 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Society : Death : Suicide : Myth
		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.
		Mythology is also the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths.
		The neutrality of describing religious narratives as mythology is disputed.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Society-Death/Suicide-Myth.shtml (2403 words)

	Tsimshian Crest Characteristics - Bill Helin Life Crest Designs
		The Tsimshian believe the Hummingbird to be a joyful messenger and mysterious traveler.
		The Otter is a symbol you'd give to someone who brightens your days, for the life of the party, or for that happy person who spreads joy wherever they go.
		Tsimshian legend of the origin of Beaver—a brown haired woman dammed a small dream to swim in a.
	billhelin.com /jewelry/lifecrest/Tsimshian_Crest_Characteristics.htm (993 words)

	Artist profile
		Ed was raised by his grandparents and inspired by the cultural knowledge of his grandfather.
		Over the course of his life he has been taught traditional values, including the history, mythology, medicine and language of his people, the Tsimshian.
		As of November 98, RHEESPUNT, the Bear Mother mask, made of carved yellow cedar and painted, was purchased by the Lindenmuseum Stuttgart, as was a traditional Tsimshian longhouse model.
	www.tsimshian-gallery.com /sites/artist/artist.htm (510 words)

	Argument-marking in Coast Tsimshian
		Smalgyaxian (Tsimshianic): located along Nass River, the lower reaches of the Skeena and on coastal and island communities around and below mouth of Skeena and in Metlakatla, Alaska.
		Southern Tsimshian (Sgu̎u̎x) is spoken by only a few people (in one family, as far as I know).
		By Upriver Tsimshian I mean the varieties of Coast Tsimshian spoken in Kitselas and (especially) Kitsumkalum, both near Terrace, BC.
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~ebach/papers/argmrk.htm (1245 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In "honor" of Ken Ham's Museum of Creationist Mythology Nonsense opening, I thought a nice tribute comic showing his level of scientific integrity was in order....
		Mythology Masterpiece Theatre Ben Janzen Jordan Voth 10 min 44 sec - Dec 26, 2006 A video on Greek Mythology created by 2 High School students.
		The versions of these myths are from the text Mythology and You....
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/mythology (2765 words)

	Coast Tsimshian Bibliography
		"Tsimshian Poetics," in Mary Ritchie Key and Henry Hoenigswald (eds.) General and Amerindian Ethnolinguistics (Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter) pp.
		This is a single volume reprint of Dunn (1978) and Dunn (1979).
		"Disjunct and Non-Disjunct Possession in a Coast Tsimshian Text," Paper presented at the Winter Meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, New York.
	www.ydli.org /biblios/coasbib.htm (364 words)

	Amazon.ca: Prince & the Salmonpeople: Books: Rizzoli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The figures appear slightly stiff and archaic, but their formal attitudes are in keeping with cultural norms and the seriousness of the story.
		In addition, there are many color and fl-and-white photographs-with detailed captions-of Tsimshian people and artifacts interspersed throughout the text.
		Based upon accounts and interviews with Tsimshian elders and craftsman, and enhanced with fl-and-white drawings, by Duane Pasco, this classic Native American legend comes to life for young readers in a particularly vibrant story about the interdependence between humans and animals.
	www.amazon.ca /Prince-Salmonpeople-Rizzoli/dp/0847816621 (538 words)

	Myths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		While nearly all dictionaries support this definition, "myth" does not always imply that a story is either false or true.
	art.abcworld.net /Myths (2207 words)

	Devil’s Club (Oplopanax horridus): An Ethnobotanical Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Alutiiq (68, 70); Gitxsan (17); Haida (80, 81); Nlaka’pamux (4, 64); Tanaina (106); Tsimshian (80); Tlingit (16, 80); Wet’suwet’en (107)
		Eyak (102); Gitxsan (17, 74, 109); Haida (125, 126); Haisla (83);Hanaksiala (83); Tlingit (3, 118); Tsimshian (4, 83); Wet’suwet’en (74, 107);
		Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian ethnobotany: the knowledge and usage of plants and fungi among the Oweekeno, Hanaksiala (Kitlope and Kemano), Haisla (Kitamaat) and Kitasoo Peoples of the South Central and North Coasts of British Columbia [dissertation].
	www.herbalgram.org /youngliving/herbalgram/articleview.asp?a=2697 (6578 words)

	David Boxley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Joyce Troyer, a Tsimshian artist, fulfilled a lifetime dream of carving a mask and dancing it to life at a ceremonial potlatch.
		Her next goal is to carve a totem pole from start to finish and to raise it at another potlatch.
		Troyer focuses on female figures in Tsimshian mythology, who are seldom represented.
	www.arts.wa.gov /progfa/appren/1997_boxley_troyer.htm (259 words)

	Tsimshian Texts (Nass River Dialect) Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Tsimshian are a tribe of Native Americans residing on the coast of British Columbia.
		The companion book, Tsimshian Texts (New Series), published in 1912, is also available at sacred-texts.
		Boas' Tsimshian collection techniques have been criticized in recent years, but the extensive parallels with other bodies of folklore, both regionally and globally, leave no doubt that these stories are authentic.
	www.sacred-texts.com /nam/nw/nass/index.htm (133 words)

	Mythology - Information from A to Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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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	www.infofromatoz.com /letter_m_articles/mythology.html (2259 words)

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