Comparative Mythology Links

Use these links to research your culture's myths. These sites offer a starting place and may not give you enough information on their own.

Encyclopedia Mythica

To find myths organized by culture, click Search on the home page. From the Area menu on the left, click Mythology. Click on the appropriate page for your culture. This site offers good background information in all mythologies, but the myths archived here aren't always very detailed. (Hint: Don't bother looking at the links page. All the good ones are found below.)

Asyro-Babylonian Mythology

Click here for Middle Eastern mythology.

Bullfinch's Mythology--Greek/Roman and Celtic Myth

Access Volume 1 for Greek and Roman mythology. Access Volume 2 for Celtic mythology. (Hint: Lancelot is French, not Celtic.)

Sumerian Mythology

Click here for Middle Eastern mythology.

Japanese Myth

Click here for Japanese mythology.

Norse Mythology

Click here for Viking mythology.

Mythology Gallery Directory--Egyptian

Click here for Egyptian mythology.