High School World Mythology Textbook
This is a hand-made high school textbook created from 1998-2004 for a senior elective in World Mythology. There is no license or restriction – feel free to use, remix, etc. Here is an abridged...
Joseph Campbell Foundation Myth Resources
Epic of Gilgamesh: Origin, Subject and Function
This essay explores The Epic of Gilgamesh by fielding what Robert A. Segal, in his Theorizing About Myth, calls the “three major questions [that] can be asked of myth: what is its subject matter,...
Joseph Campbell’s Sarah Lawrence Mythology Class Reading List
One of the most common requests the Joseph Campbell Foundation receives is for Joseph Campbell’s reading list – the books he assigned in his mythology course at Sarah Lawrence College. It’s a lengthy list....
Finding the Gold Within
In Finding the Gold Within, filmmaker Karina Epperlein follows six young men as they enter their first year of college. Each has personal circumstances to overcome as he works to escape the straitjacket of...
Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata
This video recording of Peter Brook’s stage epic is stunning both in its sweep and its theatrical simplicity. Taking an epic poem–the heart of the Hindu tradition, one chapter of which is the Bhagavad...
Classical Mythology
Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, Classical Mythology, Eighth Edition, is the most comprehensive survey of classical mythology available in one volume. Featuring the authors’ clear and extensive translations of original sources,...
Encyclopedia Mythica
An excellent free resource. Easy to navigate, well researched, with thousands of articles covering a substantial number of the deities, heroes, creatures, and other characters from all the ancient mythologies and major world religions....
Time Enough For Love
Time Enough for Love follows Lazarus Long through a vast and magnificent timescape of centuries and worlds. Heinlein’s longest and most ambitious work, it is the story of a man so in love with...
The Hero: Manhood and Power
Draws a distinction between hero and savior. Traces the concept of the hero from pre-history to modern day.
Mythography online
Not as extensive a database as Encyclopedia Mythica, but has three excellent add-ons: bibliography, lexicon and forum. Check it out.
The Passion of Isis and Osiris: A Gateway to Transcendent Love
Well-known psychologist and author Houston begins this highly adventurous book with a poetic retelling of the Egyptian myth of nature goddess Isis and her brother and husband, Osiris, the legendary ruler and god of...
Jim Henson’s The Storyteller
This really needs to be on the list! A collection of folk tales and Greek Myths presented in storyteller format as only Jim Henson was capapble of doing. Truly his highest moment as an...
Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
In his now classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig brings us a literary chautauqua, a novel that is meant to both entertain and edify. It scores high on both counts....
Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians
From: Victoria Earll I was delighted to see that “The Jesus Mysteries” and “Jesus and the Lost Goddess” were on the resources list. The authors, Freke and Gandy, now have a third book...
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