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Draft:Outline of mythology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to mythology:

Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the veracity of a myth is not a defining criterion.

What type of thing is mythology?

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Mythology can be described as all of the following:

A mythology is a culture's collection of myths

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A culture's collection of myths –

Mythology is an academic discipline

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Academic discipline –

Mythologies by region

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African mythology

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Further information: African traditional religions

Central African mythology

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East African mythology

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Horn of Africa mythology

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North African mythology

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West African mythology

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Further information: West African mythology

Southern African mythology

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Arctic mythology

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Further information: Shamanism in Siberia

overlaps with North Asia, Northern Europe and North America.

Asian mythology

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Main article: List of Asian mythologies

Southwest Asian mythology

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Main article: Middle Eastern mythology

Middle East, Persia, Anatolia, Caucasus.

Ancient mythology in Southwest Asia
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Further information: Ancient Near Eastern religion
Medieval to Modern mythology in Southwest Asia
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South Asian mythology

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Southeast Asian mythology

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East Asian mythology

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Central and Northern Asian mythology

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Further information: Shamanism in Siberia

(overlaps with Eastern and Northern Europe)

Oceanian mythology

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European mythology

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Further information: European folklore, Christian mythology, and Folk Catholicism

Mythology of classical antiquity

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Mythology of the British Isles

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North Caucasus mythology

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South Caucasus/Transcaucasia

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Eastern European mythology

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Further information: Mythology of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples and Scythian mythology

Northern European mythology

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Further information: Scandinavian folklore

Southern European mythology

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Western European mythology

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Mythologies of the Americas

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North American mythology

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Mesoamerican mythology

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Caribbeann mythology

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South American mythology

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African diasporic

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Further information: African diasporic religions

Mythologies by religion

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Further information: Myth and religion

Fictional mythologies

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Further information: § Mythology in popular culture

Syncretic mythologies

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Mythologies by time period

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Ancient mythologies by period of first attestation.

Bronze Age mythologies

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Iron Age mythologies

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Late antiquity mythologies

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Mythology by religion

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History in mythology

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Features of myths

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Mythological themes

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Mythological archetypes

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Mythology as an academic discipline

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Mythology as an academic discipline

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Mythology organizations

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Mythology publications

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Persons influential in mythology

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See also

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Lists


Mythology links

References

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Journals about mythology



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