Myth Resources: a Database of All Things Mythological
Books for adults / College / Education / Resource
Synopsis: This examination of myths from around the world focuses on the role nature plays within mythology. Creation myths from myriad cultures recognized that life arose from natural elements, inextricably connecting human life to...
Synopsis: This examination of the heroic journey in world mythology casts the protagonist as a personification of nature–a “botanical hero” one might say–who begins the quest in a metaphorical seed-like state, then sprouts into...
More than an academic study of the rock band U2 and its fan community, Myth, Fan Culture, and the Popular Appeal of Liminality in the Music of U2: A Love Story is a meditation...
Books for adults / Publications: Books
This story pulls you from the current time frame into a world of past lives and the discovery that the mythological personae of Poseidon, Medusa, Zeus, and others were those of people alive today. ...
An epic novel of love and adventure, The Paragon tells the story of Yeshua, the Nazarene’s journey to the East during the years missing from Biblical accounts. Where others have suggested such a journey,...
What the song is to the songbird, the myth of the hero is to the human being. Human hunter-foragers did not create the myth of the hero as a spontaneous act of artistry; they...
Books for adults / ePublications
While Mahabharata’s Bhagvad-Gita is taken as a philosophical guide, Ramayana’s Sundara Kãnda is sought for spiritual solace; many believe that reading it or hearing it recited would remove all hurdles and usher in good...
Book for all ages / Education / Primary
The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American Folktales is a collection of Native American stories from across the continent. Those familiar with Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth will recognize the...
What is the meaning of Shiva dancing on a dwarf named Avidya? Why does Vishnu sleep upon an endless snake? To what did the Buddha awaken? What do we mean by soul? The practice...
Goddesses for Every Day is a “book of days” with a different archetype, and her myth, for every day of the year. 366 goddesses range across time and cultures, informing us of a rich...
