mythologies
Gods and heroes
Mythologies is the plural of mythology—either multiple systems of myths or multiple studies of them.
Greek and Norse mythologies are distinct collections of traditional stories about gods and heroes.
The word also refers to the cultural beliefs and narratives that shape a group's worldview: the competing mythologies of American politics, the mythologies we build around celebrity.
Making something exist
- genesisPoint of creation
- cosmogonyStudy of universal origins
- primordialExisting from the start
- underworldRealm of the departed
afterlife · heavens · chaos · cosmos · realms · Tartarus · Valhalla · Elysium
Long heroic narratives
- sagasExtended heroic narratives
- legendsTraditional stories or icons
- fablesDidactic animal stories
- parablesDidactic allegorical tales
allegories · chronicles · bards · storytelling · Iliad · Odyssey · Mahabharata · Ramayana
Ceremonial repeated practices
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
temples · shrines · offerings · priests · shamans · ceremonies · rites · taboos
Apex-topped geometric solids
- zigguratsMesopotamian terraced temple structures
- pharaohsAncient Egypt's supreme rulers
- SumeriansAncient southern Mesopotamian people
- hieroglyphicsSymbolic picture-based writing
Olympus · druids · Vedas · Delphi · sphinx · acropolis · Stonehenge · oracle
Greek sky god
- OdinChief Norse deity
- ShivaHindu god of dissolution
- AnubisEgyptian mortuary deity
- ThorGermanic thunder deity
Athena · Apollo · Loki · Hera · Artemis · Vishnu · Ra · Isis
creation
Making something exist
- genesisPoint of creation
- cosmogonyStudy of universal origins
- primordialExisting from the start
underworld · afterlife · heavens · chaos · cosmos · realms · Tartarus · Valhalla · Elysium · Nirvana
epics
Long heroic narratives
parables · allegories · chronicles · bards · storytelling · Iliad · Odyssey · Mahabharata · Ramayana · Aeneid
rituals
Ceremonial repeated practices
divination · temples · shrines · offerings · priests · shamans · ceremonies · rites · taboos · totems
pyramids
Apex-topped geometric solids
- zigguratsMesopotamian terraced temple structures
- pharaohsAncient Egypt's supreme rulers
- SumeriansAncient southern Mesopotamian people
hieroglyphics · Olympus · druids · Vedas · Delphi · sphinx · acropolis · Stonehenge · oracle · papyrus
Zeus
Greek sky god
Thor · Athena · Apollo · Loki · Hera · Artemis · Vishnu · Ra · Isis · Quetzalcoatl
Hercules
Legendary Greek strongman
Gilgamesh · Beowulf · Rama · Theseus · Jason · Sigurd · Aeneas · Samson · Anansi · Maui
dragons
Mythical fire-breathing reptiles
- phoenixSelf-immolating, regenerating bird
- centaurHalf-human, half-equine being
- minotaurBull-headed humanoid creature
griffin · hydra · kraken · cyclops · chimera · cerberus · pegasus · unicorn · basilisk · gorgon
- ancient historyancient history, ancient world, classical antiquity, ancient empires, Mesopotamia
- paganismWicca, pagan, heathen, polytheist, polytheism
- structuralismLevi-Strauss, structuralism, structural analysis, signifier, signified
mythologiesactualities
Existing states of affairs
realities · facts · truths · histories · documentations
mythologiessciences
Organized bodies of knowledge
scientific theories · empiricism · physics · biology · natural sciences
- mythological taleSacred ancestral narrative
- mythological creaturesFantastical beings from folklore
- mythological figuresCharacters from sacred legends
- mythological characterBeing from ancient tales
- mythological beastsSupernatural animals from folklore
- mythological heroesCelebrated characters from ancient tales
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