Myth Resources: a Database of All Things Mythological
Audio / Resource / Video / Film
Author and JCF Associate John Bucher interviews renowned Icelandic poet and screenwriter Sjón about his new film, Lamb (2021). “Lamb (Icelandic: Dýrið, “The animal”) is a 2021 Icelandic drama film directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay...
Books for adults / Publications: Books
In Afrolatinx religious practices such as Cuban Espiritismo, Puerto Rican Santería, and Brazilian Candomblé, the dead tell stories. Communicating with and through mediums’ bodies, they give advice, make requests, and propose future rituals, creating...
Books for children / Publications: Books
“China’s history is rich with folktales and fables, most unknown to western readers,” Mike Richardso, writer of Jia and the Nian Monster and publisher Dark Horse Comics’ president and founder — told The Hollywood...
μνθολογια [mythología], a student exhibition, inspired by a theme of mythology and fantasy, has opened at the Thomas P. Kelly, Jr. Student Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University. Pulling from Guatemalan folklore, Chinese, Greek...
“I don’t believe in history, which comes in a political context, but I believe deeply in the truth that exists in myths. Myths contain a truth that belongs to each one of us. Within...
Animated re-tellings of mythological stories can be powerful ways to engage people of all ages in the ancient tales that humankind has been telling for centuries. “The Last Fiction” aims to do just that....
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...
Journal / Magazine / Publications: Other / Resource
Immanence is a twice-a-year publication with articles, poetry, fiction, and art that encourages optimistic, positive, and realistic engagement in our world by re-telling myth, story, legend, and folklore in new ways. It was founded in...
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...
A comprehensive and diverse collection of American Indian myths and legends, starting from creation and moving though the ordeals of the hero and on to the end of the world.
The Folklore Society (FLS) was founded in 1878 and was one of the first organisations in the world devoted to the study of traditional culture. The term ‘folklore’ describes the overarching concept that holds together...
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