Myths and Legends discussion

Please post any general comments or suggestions for the group below. I would love to hear your feedback!

Can we get a Central and South American Myths category? I think their legends are sufficiently different from the (North American) Native American myths to warrant a separate category.

I also think there needs to be a Shapeshifter Mythology category, since Vampires, Ghosts and Witches have their own- or maybe combine all of these into Mythological Creatures and Cryptids... for example I recently learned of the were-hyena mythology from the middle east and africa... very different from the European and North American werewolf myths.

C.E. wrote: "Can we get a Central and South American Myths category? I think their legends are sufficiently different from the (North American) Native American myths to warrant a separate category."

I had exactly the same thought! :-)

Also, a category for Australian/aboriginal myths. I'm quite interested to read more about those.

ladymurmur wrote: "C.E. wrote: "Can we get a Central and South American Myths category? I think their legends are sufficiently different from the (North American) Native American myths to warrant a separate category...."

Done and Done =)

Cool... Thx.... This group rocks.. \^.^/

|Augusti| wrote: "Cool... Thx.... This group rocks.. \^.^/"

=)

I was told by another member of a good site to read about original myths and tales


sacred-texts.com


I haven't checked it out yet, but I wanted to share anyways

There's also mythicalcreatureslist.com and gods-and-monsters.com

Where would Dragon Mythology fall in this Group? Just curious. I have read many Dragon books, but they are not necessarily specific to Asian Myths. Any thoughts?

That's why I suggested a mythical creatures subgroup, for Dragons, Centaurs, Satyrs, etc. etc

Julie wrote: "Where would Dragon Mythology fall in this Group? Just curious. I have read many Dragon books, but they are not necessarily specific to Asian Myths. Any thoughts?"

You can post stuff about dragons here:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

Hmm I'd love a thread about Djinns/Jinn/Genies! These are part of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African mythologies.

Also, peeked in on the Asian Mythologies...it seems to be focusing on Japanese/Chinese book. Would it be okay to include mythologies from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and surrounding areas? Thanks!

Mina wrote: "Hmm I'd love a thread about Djinns/Jinn/Genies! These are part of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African mythologies.

Also, peeked in on the Asian Mythologies...it seems to be focusing on Japanes..."

I think Djinns/Jinn/Genies can be included on the mythical creatures thread here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
I've already posted some general info on them and would love for you to add to it or suggest books if you would like

And absolutely I would love to see more myths coming from other regions of Asia

If anyone is on facebook I started a FB page for this group as well:


http://www.facebook.com/pages/Myths-L...

Link didn't work for me. What's the group called?

Myths & Legends

I noticed that there was no folder for Indian Mythology. I know a few good books such as the Tiger Saga by Colleen Houck that has a lot of Indian mythology in it.

C.E. wrote: "Link didn't work for me. What's the group called?"

Does the link work now?

Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "I noticed that there was no folder for Indian Mythology. I know a few good books such as the Tiger Saga by Colleen Houck that has a lot of Indian mythology in it."

I'm going to put one up right now if you want to post your books to it

I have a few more books that I don't really know where to put. One is based on Slavic mythology,one on Arthurian mythology, and one on Sumerian mythology

Joanne♥~Bookworm Extraordinaire wrote: "I have a few more books that I don't really know where to put. One is based on Slavic mythology,one on Arthurian mythology, and one on Sumerian mythology"

You can post them here if you like:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

thanks

Got the FB link to work and have Liked the page! Thanks!

I just noticed there's no General discussion subsection. Are we supposed to discuss general myth-related stuff in the Welcom subsection? I have topics I'd like to bring up that would apply to all subsections, and not just one region/area of mythology.

C.E. wrote: "I just noticed there's no General discussion subsection. Are we supposed to discuss general myth-related stuff in the Welcom subsection? I have topics I'd like to bring up that would apply to all s..."

A "general" folder has been posted

I noticed that Lars André listed American Gods under the Norse mythology section. That does seem like the most appropriate place for it given that Odin has such a prominent place in that book, but it makes me wonder if there shouldn't be a kind of "Urban Mythology" section (compare: "Urban Fantasy") or something like that for those books that focus on stories about the gods in a modern world.

Thoughts?

Love this group! We need a category for African mythology. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world with one billion inhabitants, more than 1,000 languages spoken, and a massive variety of ethnic religions and myths. Among them:
Earth goddess – the mother of life.
Huveane - the first man, the conniver
Kaang - the supreme god, the creator
Adu Ogyinae - another first man, leader
Biloko – evil dwarf-like beings
The Zambezi River God- dragon like creature
Kalunga – the underworld of the dead
Anansi – spider god, a trickster

Amazon has quite a few fantasy, sf books based on these myths and Goodreads has a base of readers who seek out these books.

Andrea wrote: "Love this group! We need a category for African mythology. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world with one billion inhabitants, more than 1,000 languages spoken, and a massive variety..."

Done :) There is now a folder and discussion threads
I hope you don't mind that I used your description and posted it in the General Info for African Mythology

Cool! I'm glad you found it convincing.

I hope that you can help finding some books about it though... I can't seem to find any novels based on them, only non-fiction ones!

Andrea wrote: "Cool! I'm glad you found it convincing."


I , too, would be very interested to see what kind of fiction is out there in this category

I would like to suggest that thread titles like "General Info" be varied from one category to another, so I'll know whether I'm clicking "General Info - Celtic Mythology" (which I'm interested in) and not "General Info - Zombies" (which I'm not).

Margaret wrote: "I would like to suggest that thread titles like "General Info" be varied from one category to another, so I'll know whether I'm clicking "General Info - Celtic Mythology" (which I'm interested in) ..."

I'll get right to it as soon as I can Margaret :)

Margaret wrote: "I would like to suggest that thread titles like "General Info" be varied from one category to another, so I'll know whether I'm clicking "General Info - Celtic Mythology" (which I'm interested in) ..."

It is done!