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What is Mythology?
• Roman mythology is a huge collection of
stories, started in Ancient Rome.
”The Story of Romulus and Remus”
• Greek mythology is a large collection of stories,
started in Ancient Greece.
• "Meitei mythology", also known as "Manipuri
mythology" or "Kanglei mythology", is the body of
traditional stories.
• Meitei mythology is known mainly from the Meitei literature
from ancient times.
• Norse or Scandinavian mythology is the belief
and legends of the Scandinavian people.
- Norse mythology is a version of the
older Germanic mythology and was later replaced
by Christianity for the most part.
• Japanese mythology is a system of beliefs that
includes Shinto and Buddhist traditions.
• Kojuki,Shintoshu
• Anglo-Saxon mythology refers to
the Migration Period Germanic
paganism practiced by the English
peoples in 5th to 7th
century England before conversion to
Christianity.
• Wyrd (werden) -Fate
• The Etruscan civilization was
a culture in ancient Italy. Etruscan
religion was a set of stories, beliefs,
and religious practices.
• Chinese mythology is a set
of stories, beliefs,
and gods originating
from Ancient China.
• Native American mythology is
the body of traditional stories
associated with Native
American religion.
• Australian Aboriginal myths, also known
as Dreamtime stories and Songlines, the
stories traditionally performed and told by
the indigenous people of Australia. Each of
the language groups across Australia has its own
stories.
• Celtic Mythology refers to
the religion and beliefs held by the Celts.
• is collection of stories and folklore from
various ancient Celtic cultures.
• Slavic paganism describes Slavic pagan
beliefs before baptism and Christianisation
Slavs had their own mythology.
• Armenian mythology comes
from ancient Indo-
European traditions.
• Traditional African religions are the
traditions of the religious groups in Africa.
• The religion of ancient Egypt lasted throughout
their civilization. After about three thousand years,
the Egyptian people turned to Coptic
Christianity and Islam.
• Aztec mythology is the mythology of
the Aztec civilization in Mexico. It was the
basis on which they made a working and
advanced society
• Hinduism is not only a religion but also a way of life.
Hinduism is known to have more than one god and is
widely practiced in South Asia mainly in India and Nepal.
Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world,
• One of the key thoughts of Hinduism is “atman,” or the
belief in soul.
The Great Themes of Myth
CREATION
Creation myth set the stage for more
particular myths supporting social
structures, the relation of human
being to the natural world, and
questions of life and death.
GODS AND GODESSES
• An important role of mythology is
to reinforce and justify relation of
power and leadership.
HEROIC FIGURES
• Heroes and heroine are
semi-divine beings.
MONSTERS AND DEMON
• Monsters and demons are most
familiar as the beings that a
heronic figure confronts and
overcomes.
ANIMALS
• They are featured as wild creatures -
predatory beasts or the elusive prey of
hunters; or as helpful beings tamed by
humans, or as possessing powers.
UNDERWORLD
• association with burial prompt tales
of gloom and terror of the unknown
yet inevitable.
JOURNEY, QUESTS, AND TRIALS
• It brings mythological figures
into a number of situation
where they can prove their
strength.
AFTERLIFE
• The afterlife, some form of
existence after death, takes as
many different forms in
mythologies as the culture from
which they are dawn.
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