Religion & Mythology
Religions of the World MythologyFolktales
 
Religions of the World

Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport: Western Religions
http://www.mrdowling.com/605westr.html
Information about the three major religions of the Western Hemisphere: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

Virtual Religion Index
http://www.virtualreligion.net/vri/
This comprehensive directory is the place to start if you're doing research on any aspect of religion on the Internet.

 
Mythology
Encyclopedia Mythica
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/
An online encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legend. The browse section is arranged according to world cultures. Includes a search engine for keyword searching.

Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index.html
This site is devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology. The encyclopedia section is arranged alphabetically.

 
Folktales

5-minute Irish Tales
http://web.ncf.ca/er719/blackbx.html
Five-Minute Tales is a collection of 151 short Irish folk tales, some dating back to the twelfth century. The Webmaster says he purposely did not categorize the stories, so that browsing may afford the reader a sense of the variety that exists in the Irish and Celtic story-telling tradition. "Take a moment to raise up these stories from the printed page and place them back into our culture where they might take on real life."

African Tales
http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/africa.html
Includes: 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; The Woodcutter of Gura; The Jackal's Lawsuit; The Game Board; The Marriage of the Mouse; The Lion and the Hare Go Hunting.

Animals, Myths, and Legends
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~oban/
Explore myths and legends of many cultures involving animals. Encourages children to seek the common themes occurring in different cultures and how an animal can be seen as an instrument for good in some cultures and evil in others.

Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/
This is an archive of folk and fairy tales. The stories in this collection represent a small sampling of stories from many parts of the world.

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