Myth Resources: a Database of All Things Mythological
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Boss Level uses the idea of “leveling up” a character in an video game to show teens and young adults HOW to HACK life’s greatest QUEST: their CAREER. Many teens are uniformed about HOW...
As a “best of”, Willi Paul’s “New Testament” database catalogs his journey into mythology from 2009 – 2018. Included in this collection are links to his iTunes book: “MythicWarrior: Reader and Myth Engine –...
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...
Think Spiritual is a podcast dedicated to exploring the wonder of the human soul. In this particular episode, Mark relates how the 2017 film, Thor: Ragnarok is a modern-day mythology that expresses one of...
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...
From primary-coloured, straight guys to tarnished beings in a revisionist world, superheroes are our cultural barometer. From the blog post: “They’re our Greek myths,” says Laurence Maslon, the author of Superheroes!: Capes, Cowls, and...
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...
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,...
