WORLD MYTHOLOGY
ENG 204
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General:
Syllabus Myth FAQs Definitions of Myth
Ways of Interpreting Myth Good Questions for Any Myth Tricksters
Terms often used in discussing myths Characteristics of Oral Composition The Hero's Three-Part Journey

Greek:
 
Greek History and the Gods Gods and Men in Greek Religion
Reading Hesiod's Theogony (with Notes and Questions) [Frazer translation--blue book]  Odyssey Notes and Questions
Prometheus, Pandora, and the Five Ages
[Frazer translation--blue book] 		 Odysseus Follows Propp

Notes and Questions for The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

Hebrew:
 
Hebrew Society, History, Religion, and Texts Two Flood Stories?
Noah's Flood Notes and Questions Noah's Descendants

Norse:
 
Norse Myth Notes and Questions Shamans and Shamanism John Barleycorn

Mesopotamian:
 
Mesopotamian Deities Chart Sumerian Myth "The Huluppu-Tree"
The Descent of Inanna (Notes, Questions) The Story of Atrahasis Notes and Questions for 
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Babylonian Creation Story 
(Enuma Elish)		 The Stories of Adapa and Etana

Egyptian:

The Legend of Ra, Isis and the Snake
 
Columbia Guide to Online Style Prof. P. Currah's "MLA Style Guide"
<http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/polisci/pcurrah/mla.htm>

Images:

Perseus chasing a Gorgon (Perseus project)

Atlas and Prometheus (Etruscan Museum at the Vatican, 152 K)

WWW Myth Links

Reading Hesiod's Theogony (with Notes and Questions) [Lombardo translation]

Prometheus, Pandora, and the Five Ages [Lombardo translation]


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