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Enciclopedia Mytica
Areas
These are the areas which are currently available in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Click on one of the links below or
use the quick-jump menu on the riht to directly o to the area of your choice.
Mythology
The mytholoy area is divided in ! continents" Africa# Americas# Asia# Europe# and $ceania.
%pecial areas" $ther mytholoies and All mytholoies.
Folklore
&olklore from all over the world# includin crypto'ooloy.
Contains eneral folklore# Arthurian leend# (reek heroic leend# and folktales.
Bestiary
A bestiary with leendary and mythical creatures.
Heroes
The most famous heroes and heroines from many cultures# amon which (reek# )apanese# and *orse.
Image Gallery
+undreds of imaes of deities# heroes# and creatures from many mytholoies.
Genealogy
The enealoy tables of various pantheons and prominent +ouses.
Featured items
Area with various interestin mytholoy and folklore related items# such as ,itchcraft and the Arabian *ihts.
Celtic mytholoy
The reliious beliefs and practices of the ancient Celts# an ancient -ndo-European people. -n the .th century /CE
their influence and territories covered the lenth of Europe# stretchin from /ritain to Asia Minor. Celtic mytholoy
consists of three roups"
0. The (oidelic# includin -reland# the -sle of Man# and the western hihlands of %cotland. -n lanuae# race#
and tradition these form a homoenous block1
2. The -nsular /rythonic# includin ,ales and Cornwall# also inhabited by kindred people with a somewhat
similar history1
3. The Continental /rythonic# that is# /rittany. Thouh racially akin to the ,elsh and Cornish# the /retons
have had a very differently history and enjoy a distinct culture.