Myths Ordered to region

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• Aesop's Fables

  • Fables of Aesop from Corbin Dunn
  • Aesop's Fables from Wiretap
  • Aesop's Fables from Virginia Tech
  
  

• Afghan

  • Afghan Folklore
  • Afghan Cultural Ceremonies and Traditions
  
  

• African

  • see also Afro-Carribean, Egyptian, and Ethiopian
  • African Mythology in "Things Fall Apart"
  • African Story Lines
  • Sango, the God-King of the Yoruba
  • Man and the Gods in Yoruba tradition
  • The Snake and The Frog
  • The Hippo and the Hare
  • Trickster Rabbit
  • The Story of Kintu
  • The Bachelors and the Python
  • The Rabbit Steals the Elephant's Dinner
  • The Rabbit Grows a Crop of Money
  • The Friendship of the Tortoise and the Eagle
  
  

• Afro-Carribean

  • Dictionary of Afro-Carribean Deities
  • OrishaNet is "the World of La Regla Lucumi"
  
  

• Altaic

  • see also Central Asian Steppe
  • Poems from the Turkish Epic
  • a history of Turkish Folklore
  
  

• American

  • see also Native American
  • Daniel Boone: Myth and Reality in American Consciousness
  • Folktales from Springbranch
  • La Llorona
  • Paul's Babe Page
  • The Legend of Blackbeard
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from Scotweb
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow from UMN
  
  

• Anatolian

  • Hittite/Hurrian Mythology REF
  
  

• Anglo-Saxon

  • see also British
  • Beowulf Bibliography 1979-1994
  • Resources for Studying Beowulf
  • the Electronic Beowulf Project has another page (a different one, even) here
  • Beowulf from Wiretap
  
  

• Arabic

  • The Story of Djuha and the Figs
  • Sasha, Mansor, and the Storks
  • The Three Brothers and the Fairy
  • The Princess and the Mouse
  • Yunus and the Well of Sweetness
  
  

• Arthurian

  • Arthurian Origins contains a lot of great pix and info, as well as such original pieces as "Top Five Reasons to Hate Lancelot"
  • The Arthurian Legends is a mazelike collection of pages, pix, texts, and King Arthur's "lost journal of 1995" . . .
  • Arthur is not dead!
  • Arthuriana is the homepage of the scholarly journal about King Arthur
  • Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
  • Arthurian Home Page
  • Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Chivalry
  • Layamon's Brut, written c. 1200 AD
  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, written c. 1370 AD
  • The alliterative Morte Arthure, written c. 1400 AD
  • Le Morte D'Arthur, published 1485
  • Avalon: Arthurian Heaven
  • The Camelot Project
  • Wendy's Arthurian Page
  
  

• Australian

  • Tanais' Didjeridu Page tells about a musical instrument with a rich mythological history
  • the words to Waltzing Matilda
  
  

• Aztec

  • see also Mesoamerican & South American or Native American
  • Carla's Links to Aztec Web Pages
  
  

• Baltic

  • see Estonian or Lithuanian
  
  

• Basque

  • Myths and Legends
  
  

• Beowulf

  • see Anglo-Saxon
  
  

• Breton

  • see also British
  • The Legend of the City of Ys
  
  

• British

  • see also Anglo-Saxon, Arthurian, Breton, Celtic, Cornish, Irish, Manx, Scottish, and Welsh
  • Changeling Myths from the British Isles, including Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man
  • The White Goddess in Eire, Britain, Wales, and Gaul
  • Tattercoats
  • Cap o' Rushes
  • Molly Whuppie
  
  

• Canaanite

  • see also Christian and Jewish
  • Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ
  • Biblical Beginnings in Canaan
  • Lilith
  • Baal
  • Ishtar
  • Adam and the Snake: The Snake as Symbol
  
  

• Canadian

  • Newfoundland Folktales
  
  

• Caribbean

  • see also Afro-Carribean
  • Index to Vodoun Pages
  • Vodoun Creation Mythology
  
  

• Celtic

  • see also Irish or British
  • Animal Symbolism in Celtic Mythology
  • The Morrigan
  • short extract about Celtic Religion
  • The Hazel Nut is a Celtic neopagan magazine devoted to the study of trees in Celtic tradition
  • Choosing the Gods
  • Sacred Woods and the Lore of Trees
  
  

• Central Asian Steppe

  • see also Altaic
  • Living Water
  • The Silken Tassel
  • The Kaha Bird
  • The Shepherd, the Tiger, and the Fox
  
  

• Cherokee

  • see also Native American
  • A Brief List of Bibiliographic References on the Music of the Cherokee
  • Stonee's WebLodge presents Daughter of the Sun
  • also from Stonee, Earth Making
  • The Coming of the Corn
  
  

• Chinese

  • Tao Te Ching from Harvard
  • Swords, Spirits, and Romance: The Legends of China
  • The Four Dragons
  • The Bright Pearl
  • Natural Enemies
  • We Are All One
  • The Superior Pet
  • The Jeweled Sea
  
  

• Christian

  • Myths of the Knights Templar
  • Saint Augustine on Science and Scripture
  • Mary's Gardens -- Medieval Catholic Flower Folklore
  • Christmas Stories
  • Byzantine Images
  • King James Bible
  • pictoral tour of the Sistine Chapel
  • Christmas Traditions in France and Canada
  • Christmas 'round the World
  • General Christmas Traditions
  
  

• Classical

  • see Greek and Roman
  
  

• Cornish

  • see also British
  • Betty Stoggs' Baby
  • The Mermaid of Zennor
  
  

• Egyptian

  • Sekhmet
  • Egyptology page including descriptions of the gods; previously the Egyptian Mythology FAQ
  • The Egyptian Book of the Dead from Drokk
  • The Egyptian Book of the Dead from UPenn
  • a short version of the myth of Osiris
  • brief decriptions of the Egyptian deities
  • Neith Mini-FAQ
  • Ptah the Universal Architect God
  • the semi-divine Imhotep
  • Thoth
  • Osiris
  • Isis
  • brief descriptions of the Egyptian gods
  • Cult Practices in the Old Kingdom
  • Egyptian Mythology FAQ
  
  

• English

  • see British
  
  

• Estonian

  • The Kalevipoeg
  
  

• Ethiopian

  • see also African
  • The Woodcutter of Gura
  • The Jackal's Lawsuit
  • The Game Board
  • The Marriage of the Mouse
  • The Lion and the Hare Go Hunting
  
  

• Filipino

  • At Reality's Edge is a gallery of Filipino mysticism and mythology
  • Mga Alamat is a selection of Filipino legends
  • Filipino Mythological Creatures
  
  

• Finnish

  • see also Teutonic
  • Finnish Mythology
  
  

• French

  • The Song of Roland
  
  

• German

  • see also Teutonic
  • German Changeling Myths
  • The Legend of Frau Hitt
  
  

• Gilbert Islander (Kiribati)

  • Mythology of Kiribati
  
  

• Greek

  • see also Roman
  • Medea
  • Science and Mythical Archetypes by the Pluto Express people at NASA
  • The Myth of the Apple of Discord
  • Select Bibliography of Sources in Classical Mythology
  • A Little Mythology
  • A Bibliography for Apollonius Rhodius, author of the Argonautica
  • Mythology 212 Home Page at Princeton
  • Sophocles' Antigone
  • Classics -- works of classic Greek & Roman authors online from MIT
  • texts, maps, family trees, and pix from the Classics Department at Baylor University
  • The Perseus Project has all sorts of information about ancient Greece, including some fantastic pix
  • Dionysus
  • Bulfinch's Mythology
  • the Iliad and the Odyssey
  • Greek Mythology
  • Melissa
  • Princeton Classical Mythology HQ
  • Classical Mythology: Women in Greek Mythology
  • mythological schemes of the heavens -- scroll up a smidge for the pic
  • a short story based around the myth of Echo
  • Myth of Cheiron
  • Mythology in Western Art
  • Ceres
  • Mythology of the Seven Sisters
  • The Eleusinian Mysteries
  • Hesiod: Homeric Hymns and Homerica
  • Hesiod's Theogony from the Perseus Project people at Tufts
  • Hesiod's Works and Days also from the Perseus Project people
  • The Odyssey
  
  

• Guam

  • Legends of Guam
  
  

• Haitian

  • Haitian Proverbs, Riddles, Jokes, and Folktales
  
  

• Hawaiian

  • although the Legend Cards page is mainly to get you to buy them, the legends themselves are pretty cool
  • Gods and Myths
  • Native Hawaiian Temples
  • Laka, Goddess of Hula
  • The Legend of the First Pearl Fish Hook
  
  

• Hindu

  • see also Indian
  • The Other Place: a Hindu art gallery
  • Bahagavad-Gita
  • Siva
  • Tantrik Home Page
  • The Vedic Triad -- Agni, Indra, & Surya
  • Incarnations of Visnu
  • Hindu Mythology
  • Hinduism
  
  

• Hopi

  • see also Native American
  • a collection of Hopi Stories
  
  

• Inca

  • see also Mesoamerican & South American or Native American
  • The Mysterious World of the Incas
  
  

• Indian

  • see also Hindu
  • The First Marmot
  • Images of Faith is an art exhbition
  • The Indigo Jackal
  • The Magical Rubies
  • The Tiger, the Brahman and the Jackal
  • Bopoluchi
  • Why the Fish Laughed
  • Sukhu and Dukhu
  • The Ogress Queen
  • Four Girls and a King
  • Living Like a Pig
  • One More Use for Artists
  • The Magic Bowls
  • The Dove's Egg
  • A Drum
  • folklore of Bengal
  
  

• Innu

  • see also Native American
  • Innu Culture and History contains several stories and myths
  
  

• Inupiat

  • see also Native American
  • this page on Social and Cultural Life contains a section on religion
  
  

• Irish

  • see also British or Celtic
  • Folklore of the Famine
  • How Cuchulain Got His Name, followed by Grania O'Malley (The Pirate Queen of the Irish) and a snippet about St. Patrick
  • The Story of MacDatho's Pig
  • Irish Mythology and Folklore
  
  

• Iroquois

  • see also Native American
  • The Legend of Onarga
  • Creation Myth
  
  

• Islam

  • The Koran from Virginia Tech
  • The Story of the Ant and the Dragonfly (from Sufi Tradition)
  
  

• Italian

  • see also Roman
  • History and Folklore of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
  
  

• Japanese

  • Religion in Japan
  • Myth of Munakata-Taisha
  • Astronomy in Japan includes constellation myths
  • Japanese Legendary Lives is designed for role-playing games, but the descriptions are pretty legit.
  • The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
  • Tiny Finger
  • Urashima Taro
  
  

• Jewish

  • Jewish Folklore in Israel
  
  

• Korean

  • Homepage of Korean Folktales
  • Myths and Legends of Ancient Korea
  
  

• Lakota

  • see also Native American and Sioux
  • The White Buffalo Woman from Stonee's WebLodge
  • Two Ghostly Lovers also from Stonee
  • Buffalo Calf Woman
  
  

• Latino

  • CLNet's Folklore & Traditions Page
  
  

• Lenni-Lenape

  • see also Native American
  • Stories
  
  

• Lithuanian

  • Ancient Lithuanian Mythology and Religion

• Manx

  • see also British
  • the official Isle of Man: Folklore & Traditions page
  
  

• Maya

  • see also Mesoamerican & South American or Native American
  • Mayan Folktales
  • Mayan Cosmogenisis
  • Maya Stories
  
  

• Mesoamerican & South American

  • also see Aztec, Inca, or Maya
  • La Hormiguita
  
  

• Mesopotamian

  • Sumerian Mythology FAQ
  • Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ
  • more on Gilgamesh from University of Pittsburgh
  • some notes on Tammuz
  • the Holy Marriage
  • Enki
  • Ea
  • Rites of Chaldaea: a Mesopotamian Grimoire
  • Sumerian Mythology and the Old Testament
  • brief descriptions of some of the Mesopotamian deities
  
  

• MicMac (Mik'Maq)

  • see also Native American
  
  

• Mithraic

  • Mithra
  • The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithra
  • Mithraism: The Legacy of the Roman Empire's Final Pagan State Religion
  
  

• Native American

  • also see Aztec, Cherokee, Hopi, Inca, Innu, Inupiat, Iroquois, Lakota, Lenni-Lenape, Maya, MicMac, Navajo, Nez Perce, Paiute, Potawatomi, or Sioux
  • The Legend of Onnolee
  • The Magic Arrows
  • How Coyote Stole Fire
  • How Glooskap Found the Summer
  • Big Long Man's Corn Patch
  • Three Tales of Love from the Cherokee, Sioux, and Multnomah and presented by Stonee's WebLodge
  • Morning Star
  • The Boy Who Lived With the Bears
  • Stonee's Index of Native American Lore contains fifty tales from various tribes
  • Old Indian Legends told by Zitkala-Sa
  • selections from Indian Superstitions and Legends by Simon Pokagon
  • Index of Native American Stories Online -- these are also linked individually
  • a wealth of Stories, Fables, and Legends
  • Mother Earth Prayers
  • The Mythology of Maiz
  
  

• Navajo

  • see also Native American
  • The Changing Woman
  • Blessingway
  • Monster Slayer
  • Rock Monster Eagle
  • Holy People
  • The Hooghan of First Man
  • The Sun, Moon, and Stars
  • The Tohono O'odham Creation Story
  
  

• Nez Perce

  • see also Native American
  • Coyote and the Monster of Kamiah
  • Yellow Jacket and Ant
  
  

• Norse

  • see Teutonic
  
  

• Oceanic

  • see also Australian, Gilbert Islander, Guam, Hawaiian, Filipino, or Tahitian
  
  

• Paiute

  • see also Native American
  • Stone Mother
  
  

• Palestinian

  • Palestian Folklore Home Page
  
  

• Polynesian

  • see Gilbert Islander, Guam, Hawaiian, Filipino, or Tahitian
  
  

• Potawatomi

  • see also Native American
  • Winnie Two-Shadows is a children's story based on Potawatomi legends
  
  

• Roman

  • see also Greek and Mithraic
  • Ephesus: Diana's City
  • Ovid's Metamorphoses
  • several works by Virgil
  
  

• Russian

  • see also Siberian and Slavic
  • The Wise Little Girl
  • Dazhdbog in Russian Mythology
  • Wee Little Havroshechka
  • Fenist the Bright Falcon
  • The Frog Princess
  • Russian Sunbirds: Stories
  
  

• Scandinavian

  • Copenhagen Department of Folklore
  
  

• Scottish

  • see also British
  • The Haggis, a mythological bird
  • Scottish Stories and Legends
  • The History of the Scottish Kilt -- as the name implies, history rather than mythology, but pretty interesting
  • The Maiden Fair and the Fountain Fairy
  • The Black Bull of Norroway
  • Prince Iain
  • The King of Lochlin's Three Daughters
  • The Grey Horse and the Widow's Daughters
  • The Greyhound and the Green Girl
  • The Princess and the Golden Shoes
  • The Giant and the Fair Man-Servant
  
  

• Siberian

  • Akanidi the Bright Sunbeam
  • Kotura, Lord of the Winds
  • Ankakumikaityn the Nomad Wolf
  • How the Sun was Rescued
  • Mergen and his Friends
  
  

• Sioux

  • see also Lakota and Native American
  • Myths and Legends of the Sioux in e-text
  
  

• Slavic

  • see also Russian, Serbian, or Siberian
  • Mythology of the Divozenky
  • The Twelve Months, an adapted Slav legend
  
  

• Spanish

  • El Cid
  
  

• Tahitian

  • Myths of the Black Pearl
  
  

• Teutonic

  • see also Finnish
  • "Ah! My Goddess is a Japanese comic book based on Nordic mythology
  • Norse Mythology
  • The Edda
  • Norse Mythology
  • Old Norse Mythology
  • The Germanic Myth of Creation
  • Nordic Mythology in Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time"
  • Life and Death of Cormac the Skald (Kormak's Saga)
  • Norweigan Folktales and Myths
  • Asatru is a modern "neopagan" religion based on old Teutonic traditions -- the Ring of Troth and the Asatru Alliance are two of the larger Asatru organizations
  • The Boy . . . again
  • The Princess and the Glass Mountain
  • The Enchanted Toad
  • The Trolls of Dovrafell
  • The Story of Burnt Ngal (Ngal's Saga)
  • The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Grettir's Saga)
  • Old Norse Religion
  • Grimm's Fairy Tales
  
  

• Tibetan Buddhist

  • Teaching Tales of the Tibetan Lamas; also some Hasidic tales
  • Early Tibetan Mandalas -- this is primarily an art exhibition (courtesy of the Rossi Collection), but the text gives some background to this religious art
  
  

• Turkish

  • see Altaic
  
  

• Vietnamese

  • Symbols of Vietnam
  • this Vietnamese Literature page offers some legends
  
  

• Welsh

  • see also British
  • This page is titled "British Mythology", but is essentially the Mabinogion
  
  

• Zoroastrian

  • the sacred text of Zoroastrianism, the Avesta, inspired this site, which contains texts and links
  • Zoroastrianism home page
  
  

• The following are resources on Folklore:

  • Acadian Archives
  • Archive of Folk Culture
  • U. C., Berkeley Folklore Archive
  • The Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States
  • Folklore Discussion List Archives
  • Research Annex at University of Pennsylvania
  • UCLA Folk and Myth Archives
  • Rio Grande Folklore Archive
  
  

• Folklife Centers

  • American Folklife Center
  • Center for Studies in Oral Tradition
  • Smithsonian Institution: Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies
  
  

• Folklore Societies

  • British Columbia Folklore Society
  • U. Chicago Folklore Society
  • The Folklore Society (United Kingdom)
  • Folklore Society of Greater Washington
  • Fox Valley Folklore Society
  • Greek-American Folklore Society
  • Gypsy Lore Society
  • The International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
  • Latvian Traditional Culture and Folklore
  • Mythopoetic Society
  • Reynard Society
  • Robert Graves Society
  • Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society
  • Seattle Folklore Society
  • Traditional Cosmology Society
  • Tree Leaves Folk Fellowship
  • Virgina Folklore Society
  
  

• Folklore Journals

  • BIF (Baltic Institute of Folklore) Journal
  • Contemporary Legend
  • Cosmos: Journal of the Traditional Cosmology Society
  • Culture and Tradition (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
  • Fabula
  • FOAFTale News
  • Folklore (U.K. Folklore Society)
  • Journal of American Folklore
  • Journal of Material Culture
  • New Directions in Folklore
  • Lore and Language
    
  
  

• Electronic Journals

  • Encyclopedia Mythica
  • Ireland's Eye
  • New Directions in Folklore
  • Newsletters Online
  • Obsidian
  • Parabola Magazine
  • De Proverbio: An Electronic Journal of International Proverb Studies
  
  

• Folklore Publishers

  • Current Folklore (Hisarlik Press)
  • Hisarlik Press--Folklore, Medieval Studies and Local Folklore (UK)
  • New Books in Folklore
  
  

• Folklore Information Guides

  • Ask Folklore Expert!
  • AskERIC InfoGuide, Folk and Fairy Tales (For Educators K-12)
  • Folklife Resources in the Library of Congress
  
  

• Folklore World Wide Web Sites of Interest

  • Avalon: Arthurian Heaven
  • Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
  • Buber's Basque Home Page
  • Children's Folklore: Jumprope Rhymes
  • Culture and Tradition: Folklore Expeditions
  • Cyberlore Central
  • Fairy Tale Encyclopedia
  • Index of Native American Stories
  • Jewish Folklore in Israel
  • Mary's Gardens - Folklore of Flowers
  • Mexico, Arte, Culturo y Folklore
  • Music and Dance World Wide Web Sites
  • Native American Resources
  • Rags: Costume and Clothing Links
  • Salem Witchcraze of 1692
  • Southern Folklife Collection
  • Storytelling Home Page (Many Stories and Storytelling Resources)
  • UFO Folklore
  • Urban Legends: Web Sites
  • University of Southwestern Louisiana Folklore News
  • Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project
  • Vikings: National Museum of Denmark and York Archaeological Trust
  • WPA Life Histories - Life Histories Written by the Staff of the Folklore Project of the WPA 1936-40