1544:. It consists of myths and belief statements excerpted from—and, in some cases, synthesized from a number of excerpts from—both Biblical and non-Biblical Jewish texts. According to Schwartz, the Jewish people continue to elaborate on, and compose additions to, their traditional mythology. In the book's introduction, Schwartz states that the word "myth", as used in the book, "is not offered to mean something that is not true, as in the current popular usage".
7771:
7781:
1047:
is that it does not provide a formal and indifferent scheme devoid of presuppositions within which all religions could be subsumed. In the second place, theology is influenced by its origins in the Greek and
Christian traditions, with the implication that the transmutation of this concept to other religions is endangered by the very circumstances of origination.
1311:, a professor of the history of religions, declared that myth did not hold religion back, that myth was an essential foundation of religion, and that eliminating myth would eliminate a piece of the human psyche. Eliade approached myth sympathetically at a time when religious thinkers were trying to purge religion of its mythological elements:
1303:
preached to the world. J. J. Altizer, for example, maintained boldly by stating, "Throughout its history
Christian theology has been thwarted from reaching its intrinsic goal by its bondage to a transcendent, a sovereign, and an impassive God". Bonhoffer called persistently for "Religionless Christianity".
1381:) to mean "fable, fiction, lie"; as a result, the early Christian theologians used "myth" in this sense. Thus, the derogatory meaning of the word "myth" is the traditional Christian meaning, and the expression "Christian mythology", as used in academic discourse, may offend Christians for this reason.
1485:
The story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us in the same way as the others, but with this tremendous difference that it really happened: and one must be content to accept it in the same way, remembering that it is God's myth where the others are men's myths: i. e. the Pagan stories
1356:
Some religious believers take offense when what they consider to be historical aspects of their faith are labeled as "myth". Such believers distinguish between religious fables or myths, on one hand, and those sacred narratives which are described by their tradition as being history or revelation, on
1046:
In the first place, theology is a spiritual or religious attempt of "believers" to explicate their faith. In this sense it is not neutral and is not attempted from the perspective of removed observation—in contrast to a general history of religions. The implication derived from the religious approach
1507:
At a "Consultation on the
Relationship Between the Wesleyan Tradition and the Natural Sciences" in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 19, 1991, Dennis Bratcher presented a discussion of the adaptation of Near Eastern mythical thought by the Israelites. Bratcher argued that the Old Testament absorbed
1302:
Robinson argued in favor of "the detaching of the
Christian doctrine of God from any necessary dependence on a 'supernaturalistic' worldview". He understood this as a prophetic aspect of the Church's ministry to the world. At this time atheism was regarded as the Christian Gospel that should be
2189:
The word 'myth' is popularly understood to mean idle fancy, fiction, or falsehood; but there is another meaning of the word in academic discourse. A myth, in this latter sense of the word, is a story that serves to define the fundamental worldview of a culture .... Using the original Greek term
1315:
Eliade wrote about "sky and sky gods" when
Christian theology was shaken at its very foundations by the "death of God" theology. He spoke of "God up there" when theologians such as J. A. T. Robinson were busy with erasing the mythical language of three-storied universe that underlies the early
1502:
Many
Christians have objected to my use of this word even when I define it specifically. They are terrified by a word which may even have a slight suggestion of fantasy. However, my usage is the one that is common among historians of religion, literary critics, and social scientists. It is a
2123:
For example, Campbell claimed that mythology's primary function is "that of eliciting and supporting a sense of awe before the mystery of being" (Campbell, p. 519), and that mythology also serves "to initiate the individual into the order of realities of his own psyche" (Campbell, p.
1503:
valuable and helpful usage; there is no other word which conveys what these scholarly traditions mean when they refer to myth. The
Christian would be well advised to get over his fear of the word and appreciate how important a tool it can be for understanding the content of his faith.
1412:
Modern day clergy and practitioners within some religious movements have no problem classifying the religion's sacred stories as "myths". They see the sacred texts as indeed containing religious truths, divinely inspired but delivered in the language of mankind. Some examples follow.
1297:
Since the beginning of modern philosophy and science in the 16th century, many
Western intellectuals have seen myth as outdated. In fact, some argued that the Christian religion would be better off without mythology, or even that Christianity would be better off without religion:
1248:
The similarities between cultures and time periods can be useful, but it is usually not easy to combine beliefs and histories from different groups. Simplification of cultures and time periods by eliminating detailed data remain vulnerable or flimsy in this area of research.
1324:
believed that people could not understand their individual lives without mythology to aid them. By recalling the significance of old myths, he encouraged awareness of them. In responding to the interview question "How would you define mythology?", Joseph
Campbell answered:
1338:
Most religions contain a body of traditional sacred stories that are believed to express profound truth. Some religious organizations and practitioners believe that some or all of their traditional stories are not only sacred and "true" but also historically accurate and
1480:
freely called the Christ story a "true myth", and he believed that even pagan myths express spiritual truths. In his opinion, the difference between the Christ story and pagan myths is that the Christ story is historically as well as spiritually true. Lewis writes,
1508:
Near
Eastern pagan mythology (although he drew a sharp distinction between the literally-interpreted myths of the Near Eastern pagans and the "mythopoetic" use of imagery from pagan myths by the Hebrews). During this presentation, he gave the following disclaimer:
969:
Religious stories are "holy scripture" to believers—narratives used to support, explain, or justify a particular system's rituals, theology, and ethics—and are myths to people of other cultures or belief systems. It is difficult to believe that the
1396:, quite contrary to the meaning ostensibly intended by the academic use of the term. Further, in academic writing, though "myth" usually means a fundamental worldview story, even there it is occasionally ambiguous or clearly denotes "falsehood", as in the "
1088:, practices, values, and institutions associated with such belief, although some scholars, such as Durkheim, would argue that the supernatural and the divine are not aspects of all religions. Religious beliefs and practices may include the following: a
2061:
sought to "demythologize" Christianity, reinterpreting its myths as psychological allegory (Segal, pp. 47-51; Muthuraj). Some 19th and early 20th century secular scholars predicted that science would replace myth, even in religion. The anthropologist
1290:, the term "myth" often refers to stories whose culture regards them as true (as opposed to fictitious). Thus, many scholars will call a body of stories "mythology", leaving open the question of whether the stories are true or false. For example, in
1740:, Introduction, xi: "Religious stories are "holy scripture" to believers — narratives used to support, explain, or justify a particular system's rituals, theology, and ethics — and are myths to people of other cultures or belief systems."
2070:
even wrote, "In the last analysis, magic, religion, and science are nothing but theories of thought; and as science has supplanted its predecessors, so it may hereafter be itself superseded by some more perfect hypothesis" (Frazer, p.
1728:, pp. 144–145: "At the core of every religious tradition there is found a narrative vision, a myth unifying ultimate reality and value, a story that is expressed, transmitted, and revitalized by a variety of ancillary strategies."
1257:
Though there are similarities among most religious mythologies, there are also contrasts. Many mythologies focus on explanations of the universe, natural phenomena, or other themes of human existence, often ascribing
2101:
According to religious thought, said Eliade, myths establish models for human behavior and "the more religious man is, the more paradigmatic models does he possess as a guide to his attitudes and actions" (Eliade,
1277:
warns against such speculations as " the world eternal or not eternal? the soul different from the body? the enlightened exist after death or not?", viewing them as irrelevant to the goal of escaping suffering.
1294:, English professor Howard Schwartz writes, "the definition of 'mythology' offered here does not attempt to determine if biblical or subsequent narratives are true or false, i.e., historically accurate or not".
1066:, theologians must be aware of the mythological elements of theology and of how extensively theology relies on mythical forms and functions, especially in light of our awareness of the ubiquity of myth.
1205:
Given any of the above definitions of "myth", the myths of many religions, both ancient and modern, share common elements. Widespread similarities between religious mythologies include the following:
1697:
8647:
1343:
and that calling such stories "myths" disrespects their special status. Other religious organizations and practitioners have no problem with categorizing their sacred stories as myths.
852:
Religion and mythology differ in scope but have overlapping aspects. Both are systems of concepts that are of high importance to a certain community, making statements concerning the
1010:
might understandably apply the word "myth". All of these stories are definable as myths because they contain events that contradict both our intellectual and physical experience of
1377:
Especially within Christianity, objection to the word "myth" rests on a historical basis. By the time of Christ, the Greco-Roman world had started to use the term "myth" (Greek
2110:, pp. 181-93), and that some mythological elements fall within the "transconscious", which Eliade defined as a set of universal human images, symbols, and sentiments (Eliade,
1516:
meaning of the word. In its primary and more technical meaning "myth" refers to a story or group of stories that serve to explain how a particular society views their world.
2066:
argued that science was pushing traditional mythology out of religion, which would henceforth consist only of metaphysics and ethics (Segal, p. 14). And the anthropologist
8592:
4213:
1486:
are God expressing Himself through the minds of poets, using such images as He found there, while Christianity is God expressing Himself through what we call real things.
4294:
6724:
1164:
1973: Another classicist, GS Kirk, rejects the notion that all myths are religious or sacred. In the category of "myth", he includes many legendary accounts that are "
1438:
circa 1931, which describes myth-making as an act of "sub-creation" within God's primary creation. The poem in part says creation is "myth-woven and elf-patterned":
1196:, defines "myth" broadly as any story whose "main figures personalities -- divine, human, or even animal. Excluded would be impersonal forces such as Plato's Good."
1142:. 2 a: a popular belief or tradition that has grown up around something or someone; especially: one embodying the ideals and institutions of a society or segment of
6573:
1752:, p. 5: "Przez mitologię, stanowiącą część główną religii, rozumiemy system personifikacji, alegorii i symboliki, które wyrażały stosunek człowieka do świata."
2434:
7630:
929:
are "myths" if and only if one does not belong to the religion in question. By Segal's definition, all religious stories are myths—but simply because nearly all
8392:
3738:
1476:, in their conversations: "Tolkien explained to Lewis that the story of Christ was the true myth at the very heart of history and at the very root of reality."
8640:
8372:
8339:
7817:
7582:
4930:
64:
8599:
8522:
8196:
6618:
6545:
2839:
6869:
1392:, in modern English, the word often still implies that it is "idle fancy, fiction, or falsehood". This description could be taken as a direct attack on
1122:
usually refers either to a system of myths or to the study of myths. However, the word "myth" itself has multiple (and some contradictory) definitions:
6418:
2817:
2057:
rejected myths about divine intervention, limiting God's role to that of a first cause (Robinson), and a 20th century movement led by the theologian
8582:
8485:
8434:
6709:
6583:
6568:
1365:
insists that "Christianity is not mythology. What we believe in is not religious fantasies, no matter how pious." Evangelical Christian theologian
8633:
8587:
8409:
8294:
958:
892:. Disconnected from its religious system, a myth may lose its immediate relevance to the community and evolve—away from sacred importance—into a
1537:, Jewish anthologist and English professor at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, have discussed traditional Jewish stories as "mythology".
8382:
8377:
8324:
8387:
8362:
6729:
2701:
1773:
8367:
7194:
4208:
937:' definition, all myths are religious (or "sacred") stories, but not all religious stories are myths: religious stories that involve the
8439:
7312:
6593:
6189:
1534:
1161:
defines myths as "whatever religious or heroic legends are so foreign to a student's experience that he cannot believe them to be true."
1146:. 2b: an unfounded or false notion. 3: a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence. 4: the whole body of myths.
839:
724:
696:
2582:
8404:
8064:
7522:
7252:
7134:
6588:
5168:
3102:
2463:
8752:
8329:
8314:
8211:
7572:
6393:
3623:
2745:
2408:
2385:
2366:
1863:
2656:
1404:" (which has no pejorative connotation in English) may be a better word to distinguish the positive definition from the negative.
8614:
8532:
8517:
8349:
7810:
7625:
5178:
656:
1329:
My favorite definition of mythology: other people's religion. My favorite definition of religion: misunderstanding of mythology.
8527:
8512:
8414:
8319:
8304:
8012:
7987:
7912:
7587:
7482:
6608:
6603:
6559:
6184:
5028:
4272:
3257:
2558:
1432:
is the divine echo of "the Truth". Tolkien wrote that myths held "fundamental things". He expressed these beliefs in his poem
8552:
8542:
8490:
8475:
8470:
8354:
8299:
8289:
8236:
8047:
8032:
7877:
7442:
7267:
6540:
5554:
5495:
5382:
5261:
5193:
3601:
3239:
3158:
2692:
1237:
246:
209:
1018:
Most definitions of "myth" limit myths to stories. Thus, non-narrative elements of religion, such as ritual, are not myths.
2451:
Bratcher, Dennis. "Speaking the Language of Canaan: The Old Testament and the Israelite Perception of the Physical World".
8609:
8577:
8572:
8505:
8480:
8429:
8419:
8309:
8069:
7972:
7592:
7007:
6744:
6403:
6252:
6174:
5596:
4638:
4171:
2810:
2106:, p. 100). Eliade believed that modern novels, ideologies, customs, and pastimes contain "mythological elements" (Eliade,
518:
2179:
Grassie, William (March 1998). "Science as Epic? Can the modern evolutionary cosmology be a mythic story for our time?".
1512:
the term "myth" as used here does not mean "false" or "fiction". Even in my old and yellowed Webster's, "fiction" is the
957:, distinguished Christian theologians developed elaborated witch mythologies which contributed to the intensification of
8604:
8537:
8449:
8424:
8399:
8334:
8221:
8124:
7650:
7452:
4660:
3390:
1580:
1358:
681:
646:
1830:
1130:
Dictionary, "Myth: "1 a: a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the
8562:
8557:
8500:
8495:
8454:
8444:
8154:
8002:
7992:
7803:
7660:
7372:
7367:
7139:
5657:
5618:
5173:
5087:
4655:
3007:
975:
691:
69:
2645:
8567:
8344:
8186:
8159:
8149:
7977:
7967:
7922:
7872:
6433:
6378:
6074:
4814:
4402:
4321:
3002:
2944:
2399:
Religion is Not about God: How Spiritual Traditions Nurture Our Biological Nature and what to Expect when They Fail
945:) are myths; however, some religious stories that don't explain how things came to be in their present form (e.g.,
686:
439:
8547:
8243:
8176:
8139:
8134:
7685:
7474:
7332:
6784:
5667:
5549:
5446:
5077:
4707:
4498:
4252:
3384:
3136:
2973:
2928:
2570:
Mohler, Albert. "The Mythology of Star Wars: The Faith versus the Force". AlbertMohler.com. 30 December 2007 <
336:
8263:
8258:
8191:
8144:
8017:
7957:
7932:
7917:
7189:
7149:
7104:
6894:
6884:
6689:
6438:
6263:
6199:
6169:
6059:
5824:
5733:
5701:
5662:
5574:
4471:
3718:
3654:
3124:
3109:
2803:
1217:
784:
1270:
forces. However, some religions have very few of this kind of story of cosmic explanation. For instance, the
1182:
2004: In religious studies, the word "myth" is usually reserved for stories whose main characters are gods or
953:) are not myths. Generally, mythology is the main component of religion alongside ritual. For example, in the
8216:
8104:
8084:
8037:
8022:
7857:
7640:
7577:
7527:
7487:
7432:
7067:
7062:
6952:
6899:
6789:
6719:
6515:
6321:
6236:
5441:
5419:
5218:
5040:
4565:
4203:
4130:
3814:
3185:
2985:
2894:
2067:
832:
2592:
Pearce, Joseph. "J.R.R. Tolkien: Truth and Myth". Catholic Education Research Center. 31 December 2007 <
1051:
According to Hege, both primitive and modern theology is inescapably constrained by its mythical backbone:
8206:
8109:
8099:
8079:
8007:
7862:
7847:
7842:
7507:
7402:
7362:
7342:
7199:
7174:
7079:
7052:
7002:
6972:
6962:
6879:
6844:
6829:
6814:
6769:
6704:
6373:
6304:
6209:
6204:
5868:
5630:
5512:
5436:
5233:
5223:
5082:
5050:
4988:
4959:
4461:
4267:
4148:
4108:
3893:
3234:
3229:
3209:
3205:
889:
669:
641:
321:
256:
2499:
Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism". Trans. Philip Mairet. Princeton: Princeton UP, 1991.
1384:
In addition, this early Christian use of the term "myth" passed into popular usage. Thus, when essential
1042:. Initially, theology and mythology were synonymous. With time, both terms gained distinctive qualities:
8681:
8268:
8231:
8226:
8181:
8166:
8129:
8119:
8089:
7997:
7982:
7952:
7897:
7852:
7748:
7693:
7610:
7562:
7537:
7337:
7159:
7154:
7022:
7012:
6834:
6510:
6448:
6268:
6214:
5635:
5613:
5532:
5139:
4578:
4429:
3581:
3180:
3092:
1606:
995:
764:
585:
523:
326:
5473:
4449:
3417:
1150:
In regards to the study of culture and religion, these are some of the definitions scholars have used:
481:
2194:
is perhaps a better way to distinguish this more positive and all-encompassing definition of the word.
8757:
8273:
8253:
8057:
8042:
7902:
7892:
7738:
7728:
7713:
7620:
7547:
7517:
7492:
7457:
7417:
7412:
7387:
7257:
7179:
7129:
7109:
7099:
6987:
6934:
6909:
6759:
6754:
6734:
6699:
6684:
6628:
6398:
6331:
6299:
6179:
6114:
5980:
5858:
5785:
5711:
5591:
5490:
5402:
5370:
5365:
5213:
4945:
4831:
4220:
3804:
3564:
3175:
3119:
3070:
3055:
2908:
2063:
1989:
1636:
1274:
1193:
979:
769:
731:
580:
513:
508:
486:
316:
286:
219:
117:
82:
2583:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080413053729/http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1901
8248:
8201:
8114:
8094:
8074:
7867:
7743:
7718:
7698:
7675:
7602:
7552:
7532:
7447:
7437:
7392:
7352:
7307:
7302:
7292:
7282:
7277:
7272:
7262:
7247:
7242:
7237:
7232:
7227:
7204:
7114:
7089:
6967:
6957:
6919:
6889:
6874:
6859:
6849:
6839:
6804:
6799:
6749:
6694:
6669:
6613:
6470:
6453:
6341:
6336:
6326:
6194:
5995:
5908:
5853:
5829:
5716:
5674:
5601:
5559:
5354:
5203:
4623:
4503:
4289:
4086:
3971:
3899:
3789:
3723:
3710:
3537:
3190:
3014:
2860:
2571:
2464:
https://web.archive.org/web/20091026222931/http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/3505/LewisJoy.html
2330:
1655:
1307:
In the 20th century, many scholars have resisted this trend, defending myth from modern criticism.
954:
674:
661:
349:
251:
189:
102:
42:
7780:
8052:
8027:
7927:
7907:
7887:
7723:
7703:
7670:
7567:
7557:
7502:
7497:
7427:
7407:
7397:
7382:
7377:
7357:
7327:
7322:
7297:
7287:
7219:
7184:
7169:
7074:
7047:
7037:
6997:
6982:
6977:
6929:
6924:
6864:
6819:
6779:
6674:
6661:
6463:
6443:
6368:
6241:
6064:
5738:
5696:
5537:
5505:
5480:
5407:
5387:
5208:
5156:
5144:
5122:
4714:
4672:
4545:
4370:
4365:
4360:
4181:
3965:
3941:
3244:
2992:
2938:
1650:
1621:
1397:
825:
736:
719:
533:
493:
449:
421:
296:
266:
261:
199:
194:
174:
164:
142:
107:
86:
59:
49:
4826:
3320:
2657:
https://www.webcitation.org/5knCD8Qro?url=http://www.geocities.com/athens/4177/wiccab.html#Wicca
1533:, a professor of folklore at Hebrew University and founder of the Israel Folktale Archives, and
991:
381:
301:
8726:
7962:
7774:
7708:
7665:
7655:
7645:
7635:
7542:
7462:
7422:
7347:
7317:
7209:
7164:
7144:
7119:
7094:
7057:
7042:
7017:
6992:
6904:
6854:
6809:
6794:
6774:
6764:
6739:
6679:
6623:
6383:
6159:
5755:
5726:
5684:
5650:
5645:
5606:
5500:
5485:
5463:
5458:
5397:
5238:
5132:
5018:
4836:
4784:
4754:
4734:
4555:
4350:
4331:
4326:
4262:
4230:
4225:
3946:
3861:
3784:
3682:
3672:
3640:
3628:
3596:
3573:
3555:
3451:
3306:
3214:
3200:
3163:
3151:
2980:
2899:
2851:
2741:
2697:
2404:
2381:
2362:
1859:
1853:
1769:
1665:
1631:
1242:
1189:
2004: The classicist Richard Buxton defines a myth as "a socially powerful traditional story".
926:
570:
558:
538:
503:
401:
391:
386:
344:
281:
204:
184:
179:
169:
154:
132:
112:
78:
54:
2593:
1763:
921:
The relationship between religion and myth depends on what definition of "myth" one uses. By
7882:
7733:
7615:
7512:
7124:
7084:
7032:
7027:
6944:
6914:
6824:
6714:
6578:
6530:
6525:
6084:
6049:
6022:
5780:
5765:
5689:
5679:
5640:
5564:
5414:
5392:
5300:
5161:
4940:
4903:
4759:
4744:
4692:
4476:
4456:
4424:
4419:
4397:
4390:
4385:
4309:
4299:
4118:
4082:
4074:
4045:
3958:
3878:
3873:
3836:
3826:
3752:
3690:
3532:
3369:
3219:
2877:
1975:
1670:
1393:
1385:
1369:
insisted that "Judeo-Christian revelation has nothing in common with the category of myth".
1366:
934:
796:
651:
575:
553:
548:
543:
498:
459:
454:
431:
374:
354:
331:
311:
291:
276:
127:
122:
92:
74:
4008:
2462:
Brown, Dave. "Real Joy and True Myth". Dave Brown's C. S. Lewis Page. 31 December 2007 <
7784:
6408:
6388:
5878:
5770:
5760:
5429:
5097:
4888:
4868:
4799:
4764:
4697:
4481:
4407:
4380:
4355:
4304:
4065:
3779:
3296:
3097:
3023:
2963:
2918:
2887:
2687:
2661:
Wood, Ralph C. "Biography of J.R.R. Tolkien". Leadership University. 31 December 2007 <
2058:
1660:
1626:
1425:
1321:
1127:
942:
916:
904:
885:
791:
590:
528:
416:
406:
396:
369:
361:
306:
241:
231:
224:
214:
147:
137:
97:
3733:
2662:
2529:
Dundes, Alan. "Binary Opposition in Myth: The Propp/Levi-Strauss Debate in Retrospect".
6535:
6423:
6363:
6079:
6054:
5839:
5743:
5625:
5569:
5522:
4935:
4883:
4779:
4749:
4729:
4724:
4719:
4702:
4598:
4518:
4491:
4444:
4434:
3468:
3131:
3114:
2933:
2913:
2882:
2355:
1820:: a 'myth' is a narrative, a set of events structured into a sequence". (Bolding added)
1491:
1421:
1031:
971:
474:
469:
426:
411:
271:
159:
2644:"The Wheel of the Year / the Sabbats". Wicca for the Rest of Us. 30 December 2007 <
17:
8746:
6458:
6012:
5893:
5285:
5280:
5228:
5127:
5065:
5003:
4898:
4789:
4687:
4618:
4550:
4540:
4508:
4439:
4375:
4336:
4314:
4242:
4138:
4101:
4020:
3993:
3928:
3379:
3330:
3035:
2492:
2397:
2053:
See Armstrong, pp. 122-27. For example, an 18th century intellectual movement called
1611:
1308:
1259:
1232:
1158:
999:
938:
922:
868:. Religion is the broader term: besides mythological aspects, it includes aspects of
618:
608:
563:
2708:
2518:. Ed. Wendell C. Beane and William G. Doty. Vol 2. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
6598:
6500:
6356:
6044:
6039:
6017:
6007:
5888:
5320:
5255:
5198:
5183:
5149:
4774:
4682:
4486:
4161:
3700:
3591:
3586:
3437:
3407:
3249:
2997:
2968:
2955:
2640:
1469:
1267:
1055:
853:
741:
4821:
3488:
3281:
2752:
1699:
KERYGMA AND MYTH by Rudolf Bultmann and Five Critics edited by Hans Werner Bartsch
8625:
2777:
2646:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070701140411/http://wicca.timerift.net/sabbat.shtml
2456:
8696:
6520:
6495:
6314:
6282:
6273:
6219:
6149:
6134:
6027:
5918:
5579:
5527:
5377:
5315:
5033:
5013:
4878:
4853:
4794:
4532:
4528:
4341:
3851:
3799:
3769:
3662:
3606:
3460:
3352:
3276:
3141:
3077:
3028:
2673:
2227:
Menion, 2003/2004 citing essays by Tolkien using the words "fundamental things".
1812:
Segal 2004, p. 5. See Buxton, p. 18: "There are three elements in definition .
1616:
1552:
1477:
1473:
1362:
1093:
946:
884:. A given mythology is almost always associated with a certain religion such as
623:
2622:
1571:, another Neopagan movement, also applies the term "mythology" to its stories.
8716:
8711:
8691:
6486:
6481:
6351:
6346:
6309:
6287:
6144:
6124:
6119:
5960:
5950:
5913:
5517:
5325:
5295:
5243:
4983:
4628:
4608:
4186:
4166:
4091:
4030:
3794:
3774:
3695:
3347:
3315:
3286:
3065:
3060:
3045:
2768:
2604:
2577:
Muthuraj, Joseph. "The Significance of Mircea Eliade for Christian Theology".
2319:"The Wheel of the Year / the Sabbats"; "What is Wicca?"; "Workshops and Talks"
1434:
1340:
1225:
1172:
1165:
1155:
1131:
1085:
983:
774:
613:
3936:
2554:(trans. Richard Aldington and Delano Ames), London: Hamlyn, 1968, pp. v-viii.
1765:
The Oxford Handbook of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe and Colonial America
6428:
6224:
6139:
6129:
6000:
5955:
5940:
5873:
5721:
5188:
5110:
5070:
5060:
5023:
4998:
4978:
4873:
4739:
4593:
4583:
4345:
4193:
4003:
3988:
3953:
3918:
3831:
3611:
3527:
3506:
3501:
3478:
3473:
3432:
3427:
3364:
3301:
3224:
3195:
3146:
3087:
3040:
1838:
1704:: "The cosmology of the New Testament is essentially mythical in character."
1444:
1429:
1176:
1118:
1039:
978:, so we call that story a myth as well. But, of course, stories such as the
930:
881:
861:
746:
3883:
3412:
2429:
8721:
8701:
8676:
6231:
5975:
5965:
5820:
5544:
5468:
5310:
5290:
5117:
4993:
4848:
4412:
4156:
4096:
4015:
3923:
3910:
3888:
3868:
3846:
3841:
3821:
3761:
3728:
3667:
3511:
3496:
3374:
3335:
3291:
3082:
3019:
2923:
2826:
2784:
1287:
1271:
1210:
1179:
explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form".
1139:
1105:
1081:
1076:
1027:
1007:
987:
897:
877:
873:
865:
811:
779:
236:
2790:
1716:, pp. 315: religious traditions are, essentially, mythic traditions
8686:
6505:
6104:
6069:
5990:
5903:
5844:
5748:
5451:
5305:
5055:
5008:
4893:
4769:
4588:
4035:
3998:
3809:
3359:
3325:
3168:
2869:
1530:
1526:
1263:
1183:
1143:
1135:
1097:
1011:
6413:
6292:
6277:
6096:
5985:
5970:
5928:
5834:
5775:
5706:
5584:
4858:
4613:
4603:
4466:
4284:
4277:
4237:
4198:
4113:
4040:
3648:
3618:
3342:
2476:
1556:
1401:
1134:
of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon. b:
1101:
893:
869:
857:
806:
4804:
2428:. 2007. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. File retrieved 8 June 2007
7795:
2133:
Campbell, Thou Are That, p. 111 James W. Menzies, True Myth, s. 25
8706:
6109:
5883:
5863:
5848:
5424:
5250:
5045:
4908:
4863:
4843:
4513:
4025:
3422:
3268:
3050:
2731:
Similarity Between Egyptian and Biblical Texts—Indirect Influence?
2418:
2054:
1568:
1560:
1089:
1063:
1059:
1035:
1003:
950:
714:
1855:
Myth, History, and the Resurrection in German Protestant Theology
1058:, theologians must recognize that mythical thought permeates the
8731:
8671:
8656:
6034:
5923:
3856:
2572:
http://www.albertmohler.com/commentary_read.php?cdate=2005-05-25
1564:
1192:
2004: Robert A. Segal, professor of theories of religion at the
33:
8629:
7799:
6649:
5802:
5352:
2837:
2799:
5933:
5898:
4573:
3932:
2335:
1494:, freely applies the term "myth" to Christianity. In his book
1452:
1559:, a modern-day revival of Germanic Paganism, holds "that the
2545:
Myth: Its Meaning and Function in Ancient and Other Cultures
2795:
2621:. University of Missouri – St. Louis. 30 December 2007 <
2753:
Parallels between Christianity and ancient Pagan religions
2639:). Staffordshire Learning Net. File retrieved 2 June 2007.
2594:
http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/arts/al0107.html
2733:" Biblical Archaeology Review, 1987. (13:18-32, May/June)
1216:
the story of a god who undergoes death and resurrection (
2706:
Girard, René, Jean-Michel Oughourlian, and Guy Lefort, "
2380:(in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Artystyczne i filmowe.
1990:"Pagan Resurrection Myths and the Resurrection of Jesus"
2560:
Tolkien Elves and Art, in J.R.R. Tolkien's Aesthetics
2040:
2038:
2599:
Robinson, B. A. "Deism: About the God who went away".
2506:. Trans. Willard R. Trask. NY: Harper & Row, 1968.
1408:
Non-opposition to categorizing sacred stories as myths
1347:
Opposition to categorizing all sacred stories as myths
2663:
http://www.leaderu.com/humanities/wood-biography.html
2524:. Trans. Willard R. Trask. NY Harper & Row, 1961.
1555:
frequently refer to their sacred stories as "myths".
1490:
Another Christian writer, the Catholic priest Father
1223:
The mythical geography of many religions involves an
2756:". Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance, 2004.
1201:
Similarities between different religious mythologies
1108:. Some religions do not include all these features.
1080:
is a belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or
8463:
8282:
7941:
7831:
7684:
7601:
7473:
7218:
6943:
6660:
6554:
6479:
6250:
6158:
6095:
5813:
5273:
5096:
4971:
4958:
4923:
4671:
4648:
4637:
4564:
4527:
4251:
4147:
4129:
4073:
4064:
3981:
3909:
3760:
3751:
3709:
3681:
3639:
3572:
3563:
3554:
3520:
3487:
3459:
3450:
3400:
3267:
2954:
2868:
2859:
2850:
2512:. Trans. Philip Mairet. NY: Harper & Row, 1967.
1939:
1937:
2772:". The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2005.
2522:The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion
2396:
2354:
1030:for the first time appears in the writings of the
2724:The Epic of Gilgamesh and Old Testament parallels
1253:Contrasts between different religious mythologies
2778:Religion and mythology : Selected resources
1904:"Myth", Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, 2007.
1567:are the divinely inspired wisdom of religion".
1457:unless the mother's womb whence all have birth.
2709:Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World
2585:>. This article was previously published in
2538:The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
1440:
2457:http://www.cresourcei.org/langcaan.html#symbol
2417:"About Us". Ásatrú Utah. 30 December 2007 <
8641:
7811:
2811:
2674:http://www.deborahlipp.com/workshop_talks.htm
2635:"The Parable of the Arrow" (adapted from the
2516:Myths, Rites, Symbols: A Mircea Eliade Reader
2455:. CRI/Voice, Institute. 30 December 2007 <
2004:Myths, Rites, Symbols: A Mircea Eliade Reader
833:
8:
2623:http://www.umsl.edu/~schwartzh/bookworld.htm
965:provides the following summary and examples:
2672:. Nightowls Webspace. 30 December 2007 <
2605:http://www.religioustolerance.org/deism.htm
2334:". Online Computer Library Center, 2005. (
2279:
2277:
2079:
2077:
1768:. Oxford University Press. pp. 48–49.
8648:
8634:
8626:
7818:
7804:
7796:
6657:
6646:
5810:
5799:
5349:
4968:
4645:
4070:
3757:
3569:
3560:
3456:
2865:
2856:
2847:
2834:
2818:
2804:
2796:
2787:: The Occult and Unexplained Encyclopedia.
2651:"What is Wicca?" Greywing's Wicca Basics.
2361:(ePub ed.). Oxford University Press.
2174:
2172:
2170:
1858:. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 132.
1428:faith came together in his assertion that
1373:The roots of the popular meaning of "myth"
840:
826:
29:
2781:". University of Wisconsin Library, 2004.
2331:Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system
2258:letter to Arthur Greeves, quoted by Brown
1749:
1589:Religious mythology & social theology
1468:Tolkien's opinion was adopted by another
905:recital of myths and enactment of rituals
864:is considered one component or aspect of
27:Overlapping concepts in myth and religion
976:conceived in a dream by a white elephant
903:There is a complex relationship between
2630:Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism
2619:Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism
2357:The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
1800:
1788:
1737:
1688:
1542:Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism
1292:Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism
963:The Oxford Companion to World Mythology
32:
2717:Mystery Religions of the Ancient World
2552:New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology
2487:The Masks of God: Occidental Mythology
2726:". University of Chicago Press, 1963.
2471:The Complete World of Greek Mythology
2271:; quoted in Bierlein 1994, pp. 304-5.
7:
2696:, Princeton University Press, 1949.
2473:. London: Thames & Hudson, 2004.
8464:Category:Religion and ...
1725:
1713:
1449:only a void, unless a jewelled tent
6619:Religions and spiritual traditions
2840:Religious groups and denominations
2712:". Stanford University Press, 1987
2533:56 (Winter, 1997): pp. 39–50.
2151:Carl F. H. Henry, quoted by Mohler
1213:preceding ordinary historical time
25:
2738:Christianity, Astrology and Myth.
2479:Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
1587:in the 200 range, with books on "
1316:Christian thought and experience.
7779:
7770:
7769:
7583:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6725:Democratic Republic of the Congo
2740:USA: Oak Hill Free Press, 2002.
2550:Graves, Robert, "Introduction,"
6185:Evolutionary origin of religion
2612:Myth: A Very Short Introduction
2547:. Berkeley: Cambridge UP, 1973.
2482:. File retrieved June 18, 2007.
2419:http://asatruutah.org/about_us/
1702:. Harper & Row. p. 21.
1498:, he defends this terminology:
1388:and teachings are described as
8283:Category:... and religion
6541:Separation of church and state
5194:Polytheistic reconstructionism
2693:The Hero with a Thousand Faces
2653:Manor House for Wiccan Studies
2441:. File retrieved 2 June 2007.
2376:Gieysztor, Aleksander (1982).
1591:", a subset listed under 201.
1:
8197:politics in the United States
4172:Traditional Sabahan religions
2719:". Thames & Hudson, 1981.
2448:. New York: Ballantine, 1994.
1168:" for all practical purposes.
2791:Internet Sacred Text Archive
2403:. Rutgers University Press.
1644:Mythology of world religions
1424:'s love of myths and devout
925:'s definition, a religion's
6394:National religiosity levels
5619:Nauruan Indigenous religion
5174:Hellenism (modern religion)
2587:Bangalore Theological Forum
2563:. 2003/2004 (commentary on
2510:Myths, Dreams and Mysteries
2207:Myths, Dreams and Mysteries
1963:Myths, Dreams and Mysteries
1540:Schwartz authored the book
1175:define a myth as "a sacred
980:parting of the Sea of Reeds
8774:
2632:. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004.
2617:Schram, Peninnah. Review:
2614:. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2004.
2104:The Sacred and the Profane
2030:The Sacred and the Profane
2015:"The Parable of the Arrow"
1852:Hege, Brent A. R. (2017).
996:Jesus rising from the tomb
941:(e.g., the stories in the
914:
8667:
7765:
6656:
6645:
5809:
5798:
5361:
5348:
5078:Transcendental Meditation
2846:
2833:
2437:Oxford English Dictionary
1762:Levack, Brian P. (2013).
1696:Bultmann, Rudolf (2005).
1455:-patterned; and no earth,
1357:the other. For instance,
8753:Anthropology of religion
7942:Religion and (
6710:Central African Republic
3719:Vietnamese folk religion
3110:Charismatic Christianity
1218:life-death-rebirth deity
6604:New religious movements
6237:Theories about religion
6190:Evolutionary psychology
5219:Modern Finnish paganism
3186:Independent Catholicism
2668:"Workshops and Talks".
2655:. 30 December 2007 <
2603:. 30 December 2007 <
2426:Encyclopædia Britannica
2353:Leeming, David (2005).
2068:Sir James George Frazer
1976:"Alternative Religions"
1880:Encyclopædia Britannica
1126:2007: According to the
8661:religion and mythology
8340:Hellenistic philosophy
7253:Bosnia and Herzegovina
5234:Erzyan native religion
5083:Unitarian Universalism
4462:Native American Church
3230:Oneness Pentecostalism
2601:ReligiousTolerance.org
2581:. 15 January 2008 <
2540:. NY: Macmillan, 1930.
2395:Rue, Loyal D. (2005).
1518:
1505:
1488:
1466:
1400:". The original term "
1331:
1318:
1305:
1068:
1049:
1016:
1002:narratives to which a
890:Ancient Greek religion
802:Religion and mythology
18:Mythology and religion
8600:spirituality podcasts
8523:the French Revolution
8065:education in Pakistan
7573:Saint Kitts and Nevis
6870:São Tomé and Príncipe
6730:Republic of the Congo
4931:Aboriginal Australian
3582:Chinese folk religion
1814:The least problematic
1607:Comparative mythology
1510:
1500:
1483:
1352:Modern-day opposition
1327:
1313:
1300:
1053:
1044:
967:
939:creation of the world
765:Comparative mythology
65:Aboriginal Australian
8593:in the United States
7195:United Arab Emirates
5981:Religious experience
5355:Historical religions
3739:Đạo Bửu Sơn Kỳ Hương
3071:Schwenkfelder Church
2722:Heidel, Alexander, "
2489:. NY: Penguin, 1991.
2181:Science & Spirit
2064:Edward Burnett Tylor
2044:Schwartz, p. lxxviii
1803:, Religion and Myth.
1637:Theosophical Society
1581:Dewey Decimal system
1529:scholars, including
1275:parable of the arrow
1194:Lancaster University
998:are just as clearly
770:Comparative religion
732:Legendary progenitor
210:Continental Germanic
7588:Trinidad and Tobago
7483:Antigua and Barbuda
6651:Religion by country
5707:Cult of Magna Mater
4209:Philippine Dayawism
3790:Nimbarka Sampradaya
3538:Chinese Manichaeism
3210:Jehovah's Witnesses
3015:Proto-Protestantism
2589:33.2 (2001): 38-59.
2006:, 1976, pp. 372-75.
1931:Dundes 1997, p. 45.
1656:Christian mythology
1229:, or Cosmic Center.
955:early modern period
927:traditional stories
882:mystical experience
519:Proto-Indo-European
8486:capital punishment
8435:Transgender topics
8013:coping with trauma
7988:capital punishment
7913:Transgender people
7523:Dominican Republic
6569:Abrahamic prophets
5658:Proto-Indo-Iranian
4182:Aliran Kepercayaan
3385:Non-denominational
3307:Modernist Salafism
2993:Oriental Orthodoxy
2729:Redford, Donald, "
2628:Schwartz, Howard.
2485:Campbell, Joseph.
2112:Images and Symbols
1913:Graves 1968, p. v.
1651:Buddhist mythology
1622:Magic and religion
1398:Christ myth theory
933:are myths. By the
720:Legendary creature
436:Pacific Northwest
8740:
8739:
8727:Wheel of the Year
8623:
8622:
8410:Sexual abstinence
8295:African Americans
8048:domestic violence
7878:Hittite mythology
7793:
7792:
7761:
7760:
7757:
7756:
6745:Equatorial Guinea
6641:
6640:
6637:
6636:
6175:Cognitive science
5794:
5793:
5727:Mysteries of Isis
5501:Frankish paganism
5344:
5343:
5340:
5339:
5336:
5335:
5088:White Brotherhood
4954:
4953:
4919:
4918:
4243:Sundanese Wiwitan
4060:
4059:
4056:
4055:
3785:Brahma Sampradaya
3747:
3746:
3550:
3549:
3546:
3545:
3528:Assianism/Uatsdin
3446:
3445:
3215:British Israelism
3201:Nontrinitarianism
3164:Plymouth Brethren
3159:Nondenominational
3093:Congregationalism
2981:Eastern Orthodoxy
2929:Reconstructionist
2750:Robinson, B. A.,"
2702:978-0-691-01784-6
2610:Segal, Robert A.
2557:Menion, Michael.
2469:Buxton, Richard.
2378:Mitologia Słowian
2301:Schwartz, p. lxxv
2269:Myths of Religion
1943:Segal 2004, p. 5.
1922:Kirk 1973, p. 11.
1816:is the notion of
1775:978-0-19-515669-0
1666:Islamic mythology
1632:Mythical theology
1496:Myths of Religion
1341:divinely revealed
1092:or higher being,
1022:Theology and myth
850:
849:
16:(Redirected from
8765:
8650:
8643:
8636:
8627:
8325:Films about LGBT
8070:environmentalism
7973:authoritarianism
7826:Religion and ...
7820:
7813:
7806:
7797:
7783:
7773:
7772:
7651:Papua New Guinea
7626:Marshall Islands
7453:Northern Ireland
6658:
6647:
6531:Secular theology
6526:Secular humanism
5811:
5800:
5675:Ancestral Pueblo
5350:
4969:
4646:
4071:
3827:Shaiva Siddhanta
3758:
3691:Korean shamanism
3570:
3561:
3457:
3370:Mahdawi movement
3240:Swedenborgianism
3220:Christadelphians
2866:
2857:
2848:
2835:
2820:
2813:
2806:
2797:
2688:Campbell, Joseph
2531:Western Folklore
2504:Myth and Reality
2414:
2402:
2391:
2372:
2360:
2339:
2326:
2320:
2317:
2311:
2308:
2302:
2299:
2293:
2290:
2284:
2281:
2272:
2265:
2259:
2256:
2250:
2247:
2241:
2234:
2228:
2225:
2219:
2216:
2210:
2203:
2197:
2196:
2176:
2165:
2162:Myth and Reality
2158:
2152:
2149:
2143:
2140:
2134:
2131:
2125:
2121:
2115:
2108:Myth and Reality
2099:
2093:
2090:
2084:
2081:
2072:
2051:
2045:
2042:
2033:
2026:Myth and Reality
2022:
2016:
2013:
2007:
2000:
1994:
1993:
1986:
1980:
1979:
1972:
1966:
1959:
1953:
1950:
1944:
1941:
1932:
1929:
1923:
1920:
1914:
1911:
1905:
1902:
1896:
1889:
1883:
1876:
1870:
1869:
1849:
1843:
1842:
1837:. Archived from
1827:
1821:
1810:
1804:
1798:
1792:
1786:
1780:
1779:
1759:
1753:
1747:
1741:
1735:
1729:
1723:
1717:
1711:
1705:
1703:
1693:
1671:Jewish mythology
1464:
1443:... There is no
1394:religious belief
1386:sacred mysteries
1367:Carl F. H. Henry
982:for the fleeing
842:
835:
828:
797:Pseudo-mythology
709:Related concepts
30:
21:
8773:
8772:
8768:
8767:
8766:
8764:
8763:
8762:
8743:
8742:
8741:
8736:
8663:
8654:
8624:
8619:
8459:
8278:
8222:heterosexuality
8125:human migration
7937:
7827:
7824:
7794:
7789:
7753:
7680:
7661:Solomon Islands
7597:
7469:
7373:North Macedonia
7214:
6939:
6652:
6633:
6594:Mass gatherings
6562:
6557:
6550:
6489:
6484:
6475:
6409:Religiocentrism
6389:National church
6257:
6254:
6246:
6161:
6154:
6091:
6013:Bodies of water
5805:
5790:
5575:Jamaican Maroon
5357:
5332:
5269:
5099:
5092:
4963:
4961:
4950:
4915:
4889:Trinidad Orisha
4674:
4667:
4640:
4633:
4560:
4523:
4499:Washat Dreamers
4254:
4247:
4143:
4125:
4052:
4026:Srilankan Vedda
3977:
3905:
3780:Sri Vaishnavism
3743:
3705:
3677:
3635:
3542:
3516:
3483:
3442:
3396:
3321:Twelver Shi'ism
3263:
3125:Neo-charismatic
3098:Presbyterianism
2950:
2842:
2829:
2824:
2763:
2684:
2682:Further reading
2679:
2637:Majjhima-nikaya
2579:Religion Online
2444:Bierlein, J.F.
2411:
2394:
2388:
2375:
2369:
2352:
2348:
2343:
2342:
2327:
2323:
2318:
2314:
2309:
2305:
2300:
2296:
2291:
2287:
2282:
2275:
2266:
2262:
2257:
2253:
2248:
2244:
2235:
2231:
2226:
2222:
2217:
2213:
2204:
2200:
2178:
2177:
2168:
2164:, 1968, p. 162.
2159:
2155:
2150:
2146:
2141:
2137:
2132:
2128:
2122:
2118:
2100:
2096:
2091:
2087:
2082:
2075:
2059:Rudolf Bultmann
2052:
2048:
2043:
2036:
2023:
2019:
2014:
2010:
2001:
1997:
1988:
1987:
1983:
1974:
1973:
1969:
1960:
1956:
1951:
1947:
1942:
1935:
1930:
1926:
1921:
1917:
1912:
1908:
1903:
1899:
1890:
1886:
1877:
1873:
1866:
1851:
1850:
1846:
1829:
1828:
1824:
1811:
1807:
1799:
1795:
1791:, Introduction.
1787:
1783:
1776:
1761:
1760:
1756:
1748:
1744:
1736:
1732:
1724:
1720:
1712:
1708:
1695:
1694:
1690:
1685:
1680:
1675:
1661:Hindu mythology
1641:
1627:Myth and ritual
1597:
1577:
1550:
1535:Howard Schwartz
1523:
1465:
1462:
1459:
1456:
1451:myth-woven and
1450:
1448:
1419:
1410:
1375:
1359:Catholic priest
1354:
1349:
1336:
1334:Religious views
1322:Joseph Campbell
1284:
1262:to one or more
1255:
1203:
1128:Merriam-Webster
1114:
1100:, practices of
1096:, practices of
1073:
1056:Hermeneutically
1024:
994:, and the dead
943:Book of Genesis
919:
917:Myth and ritual
913:
886:Greek mythology
846:
817:
816:
792:Lower mythology
760:
752:
751:
710:
702:
701:
637:
629:
628:
604:
596:
595:
446:Plains Indians
337:Native American
45:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
8771:
8769:
8761:
8760:
8755:
8745:
8744:
8738:
8737:
8735:
8734:
8729:
8724:
8719:
8714:
8709:
8704:
8699:
8694:
8689:
8684:
8679:
8674:
8668:
8665:
8664:
8655:
8653:
8652:
8645:
8638:
8630:
8621:
8620:
8618:
8617:
8612:
8607:
8602:
8597:
8596:
8595:
8590:
8585:
8575:
8570:
8565:
8560:
8555:
8550:
8545:
8540:
8535:
8530:
8525:
8520:
8515:
8510:
8509:
8508:
8498:
8493:
8488:
8483:
8478:
8473:
8467:
8465:
8461:
8460:
8458:
8457:
8452:
8447:
8442:
8437:
8432:
8427:
8422:
8417:
8412:
8407:
8402:
8397:
8396:
8395:
8390:
8385:
8380:
8375:
8370:
8365:
8357:
8352:
8347:
8342:
8337:
8332:
8327:
8322:
8317:
8312:
8307:
8302:
8297:
8292:
8286:
8284:
8280:
8279:
8277:
8276:
8271:
8266:
8261:
8256:
8251:
8246:
8241:
8240:
8239:
8234:
8229:
8224:
8219:
8214:
8204:
8199:
8194:
8189:
8184:
8179:
8174:
8169:
8164:
8163:
8162:
8157:
8155:mental illness
8147:
8142:
8137:
8132:
8127:
8122:
8117:
8112:
8107:
8102:
8097:
8092:
8087:
8082:
8077:
8072:
8067:
8062:
8061:
8060:
8050:
8045:
8040:
8035:
8030:
8025:
8020:
8015:
8010:
8005:
8003:climate change
8000:
7995:
7993:child marriage
7990:
7985:
7980:
7975:
7970:
7965:
7960:
7955:
7949:
7947:
7939:
7938:
7936:
7935:
7930:
7925:
7920:
7915:
7910:
7905:
7900:
7895:
7890:
7885:
7880:
7875:
7870:
7865:
7860:
7855:
7850:
7845:
7839:
7837:
7836:) and religion
7829:
7828:
7825:
7823:
7822:
7815:
7808:
7800:
7791:
7790:
7788:
7787:
7777:
7766:
7763:
7762:
7759:
7758:
7755:
7754:
7752:
7751:
7746:
7741:
7736:
7731:
7726:
7721:
7716:
7711:
7706:
7701:
7696:
7690:
7688:
7682:
7681:
7679:
7678:
7673:
7668:
7663:
7658:
7653:
7648:
7643:
7638:
7633:
7628:
7623:
7618:
7613:
7607:
7605:
7599:
7598:
7596:
7595:
7590:
7585:
7580:
7575:
7570:
7565:
7560:
7555:
7550:
7545:
7540:
7535:
7530:
7525:
7520:
7515:
7510:
7505:
7500:
7495:
7490:
7485:
7479:
7477:
7471:
7470:
7468:
7467:
7466:
7465:
7460:
7455:
7450:
7443:United Kingdom
7440:
7435:
7430:
7425:
7420:
7415:
7410:
7405:
7400:
7395:
7390:
7385:
7380:
7375:
7370:
7365:
7360:
7355:
7350:
7345:
7340:
7335:
7330:
7325:
7320:
7315:
7310:
7305:
7300:
7295:
7290:
7285:
7280:
7275:
7270:
7265:
7260:
7255:
7250:
7245:
7240:
7235:
7230:
7224:
7222:
7216:
7215:
7213:
7212:
7207:
7202:
7197:
7192:
7187:
7182:
7177:
7172:
7167:
7162:
7157:
7152:
7147:
7142:
7137:
7132:
7127:
7122:
7117:
7112:
7107:
7102:
7097:
7092:
7087:
7082:
7077:
7072:
7071:
7070:
7065:
7055:
7050:
7045:
7040:
7035:
7030:
7025:
7020:
7015:
7010:
7005:
7000:
6995:
6990:
6985:
6980:
6975:
6970:
6965:
6960:
6955:
6949:
6947:
6941:
6940:
6938:
6937:
6932:
6927:
6922:
6917:
6912:
6907:
6902:
6897:
6892:
6887:
6882:
6877:
6872:
6867:
6862:
6857:
6852:
6847:
6842:
6837:
6832:
6827:
6822:
6817:
6812:
6807:
6802:
6797:
6792:
6787:
6782:
6777:
6772:
6767:
6762:
6757:
6752:
6747:
6742:
6737:
6732:
6727:
6722:
6717:
6712:
6707:
6702:
6697:
6692:
6687:
6682:
6677:
6672:
6666:
6664:
6654:
6653:
6650:
6643:
6642:
6639:
6638:
6635:
6634:
6632:
6631:
6626:
6621:
6616:
6611:
6606:
6601:
6596:
6591:
6586:
6581:
6576:
6571:
6565:
6563:
6555:
6552:
6551:
6549:
6548:
6543:
6538:
6536:Secularization
6533:
6528:
6523:
6518:
6516:Deconstruction
6513:
6508:
6503:
6498:
6492:
6490:
6480:
6477:
6476:
6474:
6473:
6468:
6467:
6466:
6461:
6456:
6451:
6441:
6436:
6431:
6426:
6421:
6416:
6411:
6406:
6401:
6396:
6391:
6386:
6381:
6376:
6371:
6366:
6364:Fundamentalism
6361:
6360:
6359:
6354:
6349:
6344:
6334:
6329:
6324:
6319:
6318:
6317:
6312:
6307:
6297:
6296:
6295:
6290:
6285:
6271:
6266:
6260:
6258:
6251:
6248:
6247:
6245:
6244:
6239:
6234:
6229:
6228:
6227:
6217:
6212:
6207:
6202:
6197:
6192:
6187:
6182:
6177:
6172:
6166:
6164:
6156:
6155:
6153:
6152:
6147:
6142:
6137:
6132:
6127:
6122:
6117:
6112:
6107:
6101:
6099:
6093:
6092:
6090:
6089:
6088:
6087:
6082:
6077:
6067:
6062:
6057:
6052:
6047:
6042:
6037:
6032:
6031:
6030:
6025:
6020:
6015:
6005:
6004:
6003:
5998:
5993:
5983:
5978:
5973:
5968:
5963:
5958:
5953:
5948:
5943:
5938:
5937:
5936:
5931:
5926:
5916:
5911:
5906:
5901:
5896:
5891:
5886:
5881:
5876:
5871:
5866:
5861:
5856:
5851:
5842:
5840:Call to prayer
5837:
5832:
5827:
5825:Disaffiliation
5817:
5815:
5807:
5806:
5803:
5796:
5795:
5792:
5791:
5789:
5788:
5783:
5778:
5773:
5768:
5763:
5758:
5753:
5752:
5751:
5746:
5741:
5731:
5730:
5729:
5724:
5719:
5714:
5709:
5699:
5694:
5693:
5692:
5687:
5682:
5672:
5671:
5670:
5665:
5655:
5654:
5653:
5648:
5643:
5638:
5628:
5623:
5622:
5621:
5611:
5610:
5609:
5604:
5594:
5589:
5588:
5587:
5577:
5572:
5567:
5562:
5557:
5552:
5547:
5542:
5541:
5540:
5535:
5530:
5525:
5523:Greco-Buddhism
5520:
5510:
5509:
5508:
5503:
5498:
5493:
5483:
5478:
5477:
5476:
5466:
5461:
5456:
5455:
5454:
5444:
5439:
5434:
5433:
5432:
5427:
5417:
5412:
5411:
5410:
5405:
5400:
5390:
5385:
5380:
5375:
5374:
5373:
5362:
5359:
5358:
5353:
5346:
5345:
5342:
5341:
5338:
5337:
5334:
5333:
5331:
5330:
5329:
5328:
5318:
5313:
5308:
5303:
5298:
5293:
5288:
5283:
5277:
5275:
5271:
5270:
5268:
5267:
5266:
5265:
5253:
5248:
5247:
5246:
5241:
5236:
5231:
5226:
5221:
5216:
5206:
5201:
5196:
5191:
5186:
5181:
5176:
5171:
5166:
5165:
5164:
5154:
5153:
5152:
5147:
5137:
5136:
5135:
5130:
5120:
5115:
5114:
5113:
5104:
5102:
5094:
5093:
5091:
5090:
5085:
5080:
5075:
5074:
5073:
5068:
5058:
5053:
5048:
5043:
5038:
5037:
5036:
5026:
5021:
5016:
5011:
5006:
5001:
4996:
4991:
4986:
4981:
4975:
4973:
4966:
4956:
4955:
4952:
4951:
4949:
4948:
4943:
4938:
4933:
4927:
4925:
4921:
4920:
4917:
4916:
4914:
4913:
4912:
4911:
4906:
4901:
4896:
4891:
4886:
4884:Tambor de Mina
4881:
4876:
4871:
4866:
4861:
4856:
4851:
4846:
4841:
4840:
4839:
4834:
4829:
4810:
4809:
4808:
4807:
4797:
4792:
4787:
4782:
4777:
4772:
4767:
4762:
4757:
4752:
4747:
4742:
4737:
4732:
4727:
4722:
4717:
4712:
4711:
4710:
4705:
4695:
4690:
4685:
4679:
4677:
4669:
4668:
4666:
4665:
4664:
4663:
4661:Guanche church
4652:
4650:
4643:
4635:
4634:
4632:
4631:
4626:
4621:
4616:
4611:
4606:
4601:
4596:
4591:
4586:
4581:
4576:
4570:
4568:
4566:Tibeto-Burmese
4562:
4561:
4559:
4558:
4553:
4548:
4543:
4537:
4535:
4525:
4524:
4522:
4521:
4516:
4511:
4506:
4501:
4496:
4495:
4494:
4489:
4479:
4474:
4472:Nuu-chah-nulth
4469:
4464:
4459:
4454:
4453:
4452:
4447:
4442:
4437:
4427:
4422:
4417:
4416:
4415:
4405:
4400:
4395:
4394:
4393:
4388:
4383:
4381:Muscogee Creek
4378:
4373:
4363:
4358:
4353:
4348:
4339:
4334:
4329:
4324:
4319:
4318:
4317:
4312:
4307:
4302:
4292:
4287:
4282:
4281:
4280:
4270:
4265:
4259:
4257:
4249:
4248:
4246:
4245:
4240:
4238:Sumbese Marapu
4235:
4234:
4233:
4228:
4218:
4217:
4216:
4206:
4201:
4196:
4191:
4190:
4189:
4184:
4176:
4175:
4174:
4169:
4159:
4157:Batak Parmalim
4153:
4151:
4145:
4144:
4142:
4141:
4135:
4133:
4127:
4126:
4124:
4123:
4122:
4121:
4116:
4106:
4105:
4104:
4099:
4094:
4079:
4077:
4068:
4062:
4061:
4058:
4057:
4054:
4053:
4051:
4050:
4049:
4048:
4043:
4033:
4028:
4023:
4018:
4013:
4012:
4011:
4006:
3996:
3991:
3985:
3983:
3979:
3978:
3976:
3975:
3968:
3963:
3962:
3961:
3951:
3950:
3949:
3944:
3939:
3921:
3915:
3913:
3907:
3906:
3904:
3903:
3896:
3891:
3886:
3881:
3876:
3871:
3866:
3865:
3864:
3859:
3854:
3849:
3844:
3839:
3834:
3829:
3819:
3818:
3817:
3812:
3807:
3802:
3797:
3792:
3787:
3782:
3777:
3766:
3764:
3755:
3749:
3748:
3745:
3744:
3742:
3741:
3736:
3731:
3726:
3721:
3715:
3713:
3707:
3706:
3704:
3703:
3698:
3693:
3687:
3685:
3679:
3678:
3676:
3675:
3670:
3665:
3660:
3659:
3658:
3645:
3643:
3637:
3636:
3634:
3633:
3632:
3631:
3626:
3616:
3615:
3614:
3609:
3599:
3594:
3589:
3584:
3578:
3576:
3567:
3558:
3552:
3551:
3548:
3547:
3544:
3543:
3541:
3540:
3535:
3530:
3524:
3522:
3518:
3517:
3515:
3514:
3509:
3504:
3499:
3493:
3491:
3485:
3484:
3482:
3481:
3476:
3471:
3469:Ilm-e-Khshnoom
3465:
3463:
3454:
3448:
3447:
3444:
3443:
3441:
3440:
3435:
3430:
3425:
3420:
3415:
3410:
3404:
3402:
3398:
3397:
3395:
3394:
3387:
3382:
3377:
3372:
3367:
3362:
3357:
3356:
3355:
3345:
3340:
3339:
3338:
3333:
3328:
3323:
3313:
3312:
3311:
3310:
3309:
3304:
3294:
3289:
3284:
3273:
3271:
3265:
3264:
3262:
3261:
3254:
3253:
3252:
3247:
3242:
3237:
3232:
3227:
3222:
3217:
3212:
3206:Bible Students
3198:
3193:
3188:
3183:
3178:
3176:Restorationism
3173:
3172:
3171:
3166:
3161:
3156:
3155:
3154:
3144:
3139:
3134:
3132:Evangelicalism
3129:
3128:
3127:
3122:
3117:
3107:
3106:
3105:
3100:
3095:
3085:
3080:
3075:
3074:
3073:
3068:
3063:
3058:
3053:
3043:
3033:
3032:
3031:
3026:
3012:
3011:
3010:
3005:
2995:
2990:
2989:
2988:
2978:
2977:
2976:
2971:
2960:
2958:
2952:
2951:
2949:
2948:
2941:
2936:
2931:
2926:
2921:
2916:
2911:
2906:
2905:
2904:
2903:
2902:
2892:
2891:
2890:
2874:
2872:
2863:
2854:
2844:
2843:
2838:
2831:
2830:
2825:
2823:
2822:
2815:
2808:
2800:
2794:
2793:
2788:
2782:
2773:
2762:
2761:External links
2759:
2758:
2757:
2748:
2734:
2727:
2720:
2715:Goodwin, J., "
2713:
2704:
2683:
2680:
2678:
2677:
2666:
2659:
2649:
2642:
2633:
2626:
2615:
2608:
2597:
2590:
2575:
2568:
2555:
2548:
2541:
2536:Frazer, J. G.
2534:
2527:
2526:
2525:
2519:
2513:
2507:
2501:
2493:Eliade, Mircea
2490:
2483:
2474:
2467:
2460:
2449:
2446:Parallel Myths
2442:
2432:
2422:
2415:
2409:
2392:
2386:
2373:
2367:
2349:
2347:
2344:
2341:
2340:
2321:
2312:
2303:
2294:
2285:
2273:
2260:
2251:
2242:
2229:
2220:
2211:
2209:, 1967, p. 23.
2198:
2166:
2153:
2144:
2135:
2126:
2116:
2094:
2085:
2073:
2046:
2034:
2028:, p. 1, 8-10;
2017:
2008:
1995:
1981:
1967:
1954:
1945:
1933:
1924:
1915:
1906:
1897:
1884:
1871:
1864:
1844:
1841:on 2018-08-18.
1822:
1805:
1793:
1781:
1774:
1754:
1750:Gieysztor 1982
1742:
1730:
1718:
1706:
1687:
1686:
1684:
1681:
1679:
1676:
1674:
1673:
1668:
1663:
1658:
1653:
1647:
1646:
1645:
1640:
1639:
1634:
1629:
1624:
1619:
1614:
1609:
1603:
1602:
1601:
1596:
1593:
1576:
1573:
1549:
1546:
1522:
1519:
1492:Andrew Greeley
1460:
1441:
1422:J.R.R. Tolkien
1418:
1415:
1409:
1406:
1374:
1371:
1363:John A. Hardon
1353:
1350:
1348:
1345:
1335:
1332:
1283:
1282:Academic views
1280:
1254:
1251:
1246:
1245:
1243:Hero's journey
1240:
1235:
1233:Creation myths
1230:
1221:
1214:
1202:
1199:
1198:
1197:
1190:
1187:
1180:
1169:
1162:
1148:
1147:
1113:
1110:
1072:
1069:
1060:biblical texts
1023:
1020:
912:
909:
848:
847:
845:
844:
837:
830:
822:
819:
818:
815:
814:
809:
804:
799:
794:
789:
788:
787:
777:
772:
767:
761:
758:
757:
754:
753:
750:
749:
744:
739:
734:
729:
728:
727:
717:
711:
708:
707:
704:
703:
700:
699:
694:
689:
684:
679:
678:
677:
672:
664:
659:
657:Feral children
654:
649:
644:
638:
635:
634:
631:
630:
627:
626:
621:
616:
611:
605:
602:
601:
598:
597:
594:
593:
588:
583:
578:
573:
568:
567:
566:
556:
551:
546:
541:
536:
531:
526:
521:
516:
511:
506:
501:
496:
491:
490:
489:
484:
479:
478:
477:
472:
464:
463:
462:
457:
452:
444:
443:
442:
434:
429:
424:
419:
414:
409:
404:
399:
394:
389:
384:
379:
378:
377:
372:
364:
359:
358:
357:
352:
347:
334:
329:
324:
319:
314:
309:
304:
299:
294:
289:
284:
279:
274:
269:
264:
259:
254:
249:
244:
239:
234:
229:
228:
227:
222:
217:
212:
207:
197:
192:
187:
182:
177:
172:
167:
162:
157:
152:
151:
150:
145:
140:
135:
130:
120:
115:
110:
105:
100:
95:
90:
72:
67:
62:
57:
52:
46:
41:
40:
37:
36:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
8770:
8759:
8756:
8754:
8751:
8750:
8748:
8733:
8730:
8728:
8725:
8723:
8720:
8718:
8715:
8713:
8710:
8708:
8705:
8703:
8700:
8698:
8695:
8693:
8690:
8688:
8685:
8683:
8680:
8678:
8675:
8673:
8670:
8669:
8666:
8662:
8658:
8651:
8646:
8644:
8639:
8637:
8632:
8631:
8628:
8616:
8613:
8611:
8608:
8606:
8603:
8601:
8598:
8594:
8591:
8589:
8586:
8584:
8581:
8580:
8579:
8576:
8574:
8571:
8569:
8566:
8564:
8561:
8559:
8556:
8554:
8551:
8549:
8546:
8544:
8541:
8539:
8536:
8534:
8531:
8529:
8526:
8524:
8521:
8519:
8516:
8514:
8511:
8507:
8504:
8503:
8502:
8499:
8497:
8494:
8492:
8489:
8487:
8484:
8482:
8479:
8477:
8474:
8472:
8469:
8468:
8466:
8462:
8456:
8453:
8451:
8448:
8446:
8443:
8441:
8440:Vegetarianism
8438:
8436:
8433:
8431:
8428:
8426:
8423:
8421:
8418:
8416:
8413:
8411:
8408:
8406:
8403:
8401:
8398:
8394:
8393:Pre-Columbian
8391:
8389:
8386:
8384:
8381:
8379:
8376:
8374:
8371:
8369:
8366:
8364:
8361:
8360:
8358:
8356:
8353:
8351:
8348:
8346:
8343:
8341:
8338:
8336:
8333:
8331:
8328:
8326:
8323:
8321:
8318:
8316:
8313:
8311:
8308:
8306:
8303:
8301:
8298:
8296:
8293:
8291:
8288:
8287:
8285:
8281:
8275:
8272:
8270:
8267:
8265:
8262:
8260:
8257:
8255:
8252:
8250:
8247:
8245:
8242:
8238:
8235:
8233:
8230:
8228:
8225:
8223:
8220:
8218:
8215:
8213:
8210:
8209:
8208:
8205:
8203:
8200:
8198:
8195:
8193:
8190:
8188:
8187:peacebuilding
8185:
8183:
8180:
8178:
8175:
8173:
8170:
8168:
8165:
8161:
8160:schizophrenia
8158:
8156:
8153:
8152:
8151:
8150:mental health
8148:
8146:
8143:
8141:
8138:
8136:
8133:
8131:
8128:
8126:
8123:
8121:
8118:
8116:
8113:
8111:
8108:
8106:
8103:
8101:
8098:
8096:
8093:
8091:
8088:
8086:
8083:
8081:
8078:
8076:
8073:
8071:
8068:
8066:
8063:
8059:
8056:
8055:
8054:
8051:
8049:
8046:
8044:
8041:
8039:
8036:
8034:
8033:death penalty
8031:
8029:
8026:
8024:
8021:
8019:
8016:
8014:
8011:
8009:
8006:
8004:
8001:
7999:
7996:
7994:
7991:
7989:
7986:
7984:
7981:
7979:
7978:birth control
7976:
7974:
7971:
7969:
7968:animal rights
7966:
7964:
7961:
7959:
7956:
7954:
7951:
7950:
7948:
7945:
7940:
7934:
7931:
7929:
7926:
7924:
7923:Vegetarianism
7921:
7919:
7916:
7914:
7911:
7909:
7906:
7904:
7901:
7899:
7896:
7894:
7891:
7889:
7886:
7884:
7881:
7879:
7876:
7874:
7873:Homosexuality
7871:
7869:
7866:
7864:
7861:
7859:
7856:
7854:
7851:
7849:
7846:
7844:
7841:
7840:
7838:
7835:
7834:Some topic...
7830:
7821:
7816:
7814:
7809:
7807:
7802:
7801:
7798:
7786:
7782:
7778:
7776:
7768:
7767:
7764:
7750:
7747:
7745:
7742:
7740:
7737:
7735:
7732:
7730:
7727:
7725:
7722:
7720:
7717:
7715:
7712:
7710:
7707:
7705:
7702:
7700:
7697:
7695:
7692:
7691:
7689:
7687:
7686:South America
7683:
7677:
7674:
7672:
7669:
7667:
7664:
7662:
7659:
7657:
7654:
7652:
7649:
7647:
7644:
7642:
7639:
7637:
7634:
7632:
7629:
7627:
7624:
7622:
7619:
7617:
7614:
7612:
7609:
7608:
7606:
7604:
7600:
7594:
7593:United States
7591:
7589:
7586:
7584:
7581:
7579:
7576:
7574:
7571:
7569:
7566:
7564:
7561:
7559:
7556:
7554:
7551:
7549:
7546:
7544:
7541:
7539:
7536:
7534:
7531:
7529:
7526:
7524:
7521:
7519:
7516:
7514:
7511:
7509:
7506:
7504:
7501:
7499:
7496:
7494:
7491:
7489:
7486:
7484:
7481:
7480:
7478:
7476:
7475:North America
7472:
7464:
7461:
7459:
7456:
7454:
7451:
7449:
7446:
7445:
7444:
7441:
7439:
7436:
7434:
7431:
7429:
7426:
7424:
7421:
7419:
7416:
7414:
7411:
7409:
7406:
7404:
7401:
7399:
7396:
7394:
7391:
7389:
7386:
7384:
7381:
7379:
7376:
7374:
7371:
7369:
7366:
7364:
7361:
7359:
7356:
7354:
7351:
7349:
7346:
7344:
7341:
7339:
7336:
7334:
7333:Liechtenstein
7331:
7329:
7326:
7324:
7321:
7319:
7316:
7314:
7311:
7309:
7306:
7304:
7301:
7299:
7296:
7294:
7291:
7289:
7286:
7284:
7281:
7279:
7276:
7274:
7271:
7269:
7266:
7264:
7261:
7259:
7256:
7254:
7251:
7249:
7246:
7244:
7241:
7239:
7236:
7234:
7231:
7229:
7226:
7225:
7223:
7221:
7217:
7211:
7208:
7206:
7203:
7201:
7198:
7196:
7193:
7191:
7188:
7186:
7183:
7181:
7178:
7176:
7173:
7171:
7168:
7166:
7163:
7161:
7158:
7156:
7153:
7151:
7148:
7146:
7143:
7141:
7138:
7136:
7133:
7131:
7128:
7126:
7123:
7121:
7118:
7116:
7113:
7111:
7108:
7106:
7103:
7101:
7098:
7096:
7093:
7091:
7088:
7086:
7083:
7081:
7078:
7076:
7073:
7069:
7066:
7064:
7061:
7060:
7059:
7056:
7054:
7051:
7049:
7046:
7044:
7041:
7039:
7036:
7034:
7031:
7029:
7026:
7024:
7021:
7019:
7016:
7014:
7011:
7009:
7006:
7004:
7001:
6999:
6996:
6994:
6991:
6989:
6986:
6984:
6981:
6979:
6976:
6974:
6971:
6969:
6966:
6964:
6961:
6959:
6956:
6954:
6951:
6950:
6948:
6946:
6942:
6936:
6933:
6931:
6928:
6926:
6923:
6921:
6918:
6916:
6913:
6911:
6908:
6906:
6903:
6901:
6898:
6896:
6893:
6891:
6888:
6886:
6883:
6881:
6878:
6876:
6873:
6871:
6868:
6866:
6863:
6861:
6858:
6856:
6853:
6851:
6848:
6846:
6843:
6841:
6838:
6836:
6833:
6831:
6828:
6826:
6823:
6821:
6818:
6816:
6813:
6811:
6808:
6806:
6803:
6801:
6798:
6796:
6793:
6791:
6788:
6786:
6785:Guinea-Bissau
6783:
6781:
6778:
6776:
6773:
6771:
6768:
6766:
6763:
6761:
6758:
6756:
6753:
6751:
6748:
6746:
6743:
6741:
6738:
6736:
6733:
6731:
6728:
6726:
6723:
6721:
6718:
6716:
6713:
6711:
6708:
6706:
6703:
6701:
6698:
6696:
6693:
6691:
6688:
6686:
6683:
6681:
6678:
6676:
6673:
6671:
6668:
6667:
6665:
6663:
6659:
6655:
6648:
6644:
6630:
6627:
6625:
6622:
6620:
6617:
6615:
6612:
6610:
6609:Organizations
6607:
6605:
6602:
6600:
6597:
6595:
6592:
6590:
6587:
6585:
6582:
6580:
6577:
6575:
6572:
6570:
6567:
6566:
6564:
6561:
6553:
6547:
6544:
6542:
6539:
6537:
6534:
6532:
6529:
6527:
6524:
6522:
6519:
6517:
6514:
6512:
6509:
6507:
6504:
6502:
6499:
6497:
6494:
6493:
6491:
6488:
6483:
6478:
6472:
6469:
6465:
6462:
6460:
6457:
6455:
6452:
6450:
6447:
6446:
6445:
6442:
6440:
6437:
6435:
6434:Vegetarianism
6432:
6430:
6427:
6425:
6422:
6420:
6417:
6415:
6412:
6410:
6407:
6405:
6402:
6400:
6397:
6395:
6392:
6390:
6387:
6385:
6382:
6380:
6379:Homosexuality
6377:
6375:
6372:
6370:
6367:
6365:
6362:
6358:
6355:
6353:
6350:
6348:
6345:
6343:
6340:
6339:
6338:
6335:
6333:
6330:
6328:
6325:
6323:
6320:
6316:
6313:
6311:
6308:
6306:
6303:
6302:
6301:
6298:
6294:
6291:
6289:
6286:
6284:
6281:
6280:
6279:
6275:
6272:
6270:
6267:
6265:
6262:
6261:
6259:
6256:
6249:
6243:
6240:
6238:
6235:
6233:
6230:
6226:
6223:
6222:
6221:
6218:
6216:
6213:
6211:
6208:
6206:
6203:
6201:
6200:Neurotheology
6198:
6196:
6193:
6191:
6188:
6186:
6183:
6181:
6178:
6176:
6173:
6171:
6168:
6167:
6165:
6163:
6157:
6151:
6148:
6146:
6143:
6141:
6138:
6136:
6133:
6131:
6128:
6126:
6123:
6121:
6118:
6116:
6113:
6111:
6108:
6106:
6103:
6102:
6100:
6098:
6094:
6086:
6083:
6081:
6078:
6076:
6073:
6072:
6071:
6068:
6066:
6063:
6061:
6058:
6056:
6053:
6051:
6048:
6046:
6043:
6041:
6038:
6036:
6033:
6029:
6026:
6024:
6021:
6019:
6016:
6014:
6011:
6010:
6009:
6006:
6002:
5999:
5997:
5994:
5992:
5989:
5988:
5987:
5984:
5982:
5979:
5977:
5974:
5972:
5969:
5967:
5964:
5962:
5959:
5957:
5954:
5952:
5949:
5947:
5944:
5942:
5939:
5935:
5932:
5930:
5927:
5925:
5922:
5921:
5920:
5917:
5915:
5912:
5910:
5907:
5905:
5902:
5900:
5897:
5895:
5894:Folk religion
5892:
5890:
5887:
5885:
5882:
5880:
5877:
5875:
5872:
5870:
5867:
5865:
5862:
5860:
5857:
5855:
5852:
5850:
5846:
5843:
5841:
5838:
5836:
5833:
5831:
5828:
5826:
5822:
5819:
5818:
5816:
5812:
5808:
5801:
5797:
5787:
5784:
5782:
5779:
5777:
5774:
5772:
5769:
5767:
5764:
5762:
5759:
5757:
5754:
5750:
5747:
5745:
5742:
5740:
5737:
5736:
5735:
5732:
5728:
5725:
5723:
5720:
5718:
5717:Imperial cult
5715:
5713:
5710:
5708:
5705:
5704:
5703:
5700:
5698:
5695:
5691:
5688:
5686:
5683:
5681:
5678:
5677:
5676:
5673:
5669:
5666:
5664:
5661:
5660:
5659:
5656:
5652:
5649:
5647:
5644:
5642:
5639:
5637:
5634:
5633:
5632:
5629:
5627:
5624:
5620:
5617:
5616:
5615:
5612:
5608:
5605:
5603:
5600:
5599:
5598:
5595:
5593:
5590:
5586:
5583:
5582:
5581:
5578:
5576:
5573:
5571:
5568:
5566:
5563:
5561:
5558:
5556:
5553:
5551:
5548:
5546:
5543:
5539:
5536:
5534:
5531:
5529:
5526:
5524:
5521:
5519:
5516:
5515:
5514:
5511:
5507:
5504:
5502:
5499:
5497:
5494:
5492:
5489:
5488:
5487:
5484:
5482:
5479:
5475:
5472:
5471:
5470:
5467:
5465:
5462:
5460:
5457:
5453:
5450:
5449:
5448:
5445:
5443:
5440:
5438:
5435:
5431:
5428:
5426:
5423:
5422:
5421:
5418:
5416:
5413:
5409:
5406:
5404:
5401:
5399:
5396:
5395:
5394:
5391:
5389:
5386:
5384:
5381:
5379:
5376:
5372:
5369:
5368:
5367:
5364:
5363:
5360:
5356:
5351:
5347:
5327:
5324:
5323:
5322:
5319:
5317:
5314:
5312:
5309:
5307:
5304:
5302:
5299:
5297:
5294:
5292:
5289:
5287:
5286:Discordianism
5284:
5282:
5281:Anthroposophy
5279:
5278:
5276:
5272:
5264:
5263:
5259:
5258:
5257:
5254:
5252:
5249:
5245:
5242:
5240:
5237:
5235:
5232:
5230:
5229:Mari religion
5227:
5225:
5222:
5220:
5217:
5215:
5212:
5211:
5210:
5207:
5205:
5202:
5200:
5197:
5195:
5192:
5190:
5187:
5185:
5182:
5180:
5177:
5175:
5172:
5170:
5167:
5163:
5160:
5159:
5158:
5155:
5151:
5148:
5146:
5143:
5142:
5141:
5138:
5134:
5131:
5129:
5126:
5125:
5124:
5121:
5119:
5116:
5112:
5109:
5108:
5106:
5105:
5103:
5101:
5095:
5089:
5086:
5084:
5081:
5079:
5076:
5072:
5069:
5067:
5066:Neo-Theosophy
5064:
5063:
5062:
5059:
5057:
5054:
5052:
5049:
5047:
5044:
5042:
5039:
5035:
5032:
5031:
5030:
5027:
5025:
5022:
5020:
5017:
5015:
5012:
5010:
5007:
5005:
5004:New Acropolis
5002:
5000:
4997:
4995:
4992:
4990:
4987:
4985:
4982:
4980:
4977:
4976:
4974:
4970:
4967:
4965:
4957:
4947:
4944:
4942:
4939:
4937:
4934:
4932:
4929:
4928:
4926:
4922:
4910:
4907:
4905:
4902:
4900:
4897:
4895:
4892:
4890:
4887:
4885:
4882:
4880:
4877:
4875:
4872:
4870:
4867:
4865:
4862:
4860:
4857:
4855:
4852:
4850:
4847:
4845:
4842:
4838:
4835:
4833:
4830:
4828:
4825:
4824:
4823:
4820:
4819:
4818:
4816:
4812:
4811:
4806:
4803:
4802:
4801:
4798:
4796:
4793:
4791:
4788:
4786:
4783:
4781:
4778:
4776:
4773:
4771:
4768:
4766:
4763:
4761:
4758:
4756:
4753:
4751:
4748:
4746:
4743:
4741:
4738:
4736:
4733:
4731:
4728:
4726:
4723:
4721:
4718:
4716:
4713:
4709:
4706:
4704:
4701:
4700:
4699:
4696:
4694:
4691:
4689:
4686:
4684:
4681:
4680:
4678:
4676:
4670:
4662:
4659:
4658:
4657:
4654:
4653:
4651:
4649:North African
4647:
4644:
4642:
4636:
4630:
4627:
4625:
4622:
4620:
4617:
4615:
4612:
4610:
4607:
4605:
4602:
4600:
4597:
4595:
4592:
4590:
4587:
4585:
4582:
4580:
4577:
4575:
4572:
4571:
4569:
4567:
4563:
4557:
4554:
4552:
4549:
4547:
4544:
4542:
4539:
4538:
4536:
4534:
4530:
4526:
4520:
4517:
4515:
4512:
4510:
4507:
4505:
4502:
4500:
4497:
4493:
4490:
4488:
4485:
4484:
4483:
4480:
4478:
4475:
4473:
4470:
4468:
4465:
4463:
4460:
4458:
4455:
4451:
4448:
4446:
4443:
4441:
4438:
4436:
4433:
4432:
4431:
4428:
4426:
4423:
4421:
4418:
4414:
4411:
4410:
4409:
4406:
4404:
4403:Kwakwakaʼwakw
4401:
4399:
4396:
4392:
4389:
4387:
4384:
4382:
4379:
4377:
4374:
4372:
4369:
4368:
4367:
4364:
4362:
4359:
4357:
4354:
4352:
4349:
4347:
4343:
4340:
4338:
4335:
4333:
4330:
4328:
4325:
4323:
4320:
4316:
4313:
4311:
4308:
4306:
4303:
4301:
4298:
4297:
4296:
4293:
4291:
4288:
4286:
4283:
4279:
4276:
4275:
4274:
4271:
4269:
4266:
4264:
4261:
4260:
4258:
4256:
4250:
4244:
4241:
4239:
4236:
4232:
4229:
4227:
4224:
4223:
4222:
4219:
4215:
4212:
4211:
4210:
4207:
4205:
4202:
4200:
4197:
4195:
4192:
4188:
4185:
4183:
4180:
4179:
4177:
4173:
4170:
4168:
4165:
4164:
4163:
4160:
4158:
4155:
4154:
4152:
4150:
4146:
4140:
4137:
4136:
4134:
4132:
4131:Austroasiatic
4128:
4120:
4117:
4115:
4112:
4111:
4110:
4107:
4103:
4102:Vattisen Yaly
4100:
4098:
4095:
4093:
4090:
4089:
4088:
4084:
4081:
4080:
4078:
4076:
4072:
4069:
4067:
4063:
4047:
4044:
4042:
4039:
4038:
4037:
4034:
4032:
4029:
4027:
4024:
4022:
4021:Kirat Mundhum
4019:
4017:
4014:
4010:
4007:
4005:
4002:
4001:
4000:
3997:
3995:
3992:
3990:
3987:
3986:
3984:
3980:
3974:
3973:
3969:
3967:
3964:
3960:
3957:
3956:
3955:
3952:
3948:
3945:
3943:
3940:
3938:
3934:
3930:
3927:
3926:
3925:
3922:
3920:
3917:
3916:
3914:
3912:
3908:
3902:
3901:
3897:
3895:
3892:
3890:
3887:
3885:
3882:
3880:
3877:
3875:
3872:
3870:
3867:
3863:
3860:
3858:
3855:
3853:
3850:
3848:
3845:
3843:
3840:
3838:
3835:
3833:
3830:
3828:
3825:
3824:
3823:
3820:
3816:
3813:
3811:
3808:
3806:
3803:
3801:
3798:
3796:
3793:
3791:
3788:
3786:
3783:
3781:
3778:
3776:
3773:
3772:
3771:
3768:
3767:
3765:
3763:
3759:
3756:
3754:
3750:
3740:
3737:
3735:
3732:
3730:
3727:
3725:
3722:
3720:
3717:
3716:
3714:
3712:
3708:
3702:
3699:
3697:
3694:
3692:
3689:
3688:
3686:
3684:
3680:
3674:
3671:
3669:
3666:
3664:
3661:
3657:
3656:
3652:
3651:
3650:
3647:
3646:
3644:
3642:
3638:
3630:
3627:
3625:
3622:
3621:
3620:
3617:
3613:
3610:
3608:
3605:
3604:
3603:
3600:
3598:
3595:
3593:
3590:
3588:
3585:
3583:
3580:
3579:
3577:
3575:
3571:
3568:
3566:
3562:
3559:
3557:
3553:
3539:
3536:
3534:
3531:
3529:
3526:
3525:
3523:
3519:
3513:
3510:
3508:
3505:
3503:
3500:
3498:
3495:
3494:
3492:
3490:
3486:
3480:
3477:
3475:
3472:
3470:
3467:
3466:
3464:
3462:
3458:
3455:
3453:
3449:
3439:
3436:
3434:
3431:
3429:
3426:
3424:
3421:
3419:
3416:
3414:
3411:
3409:
3406:
3405:
3403:
3399:
3393:
3392:
3388:
3386:
3383:
3381:
3380:Milah Abraham
3378:
3376:
3373:
3371:
3368:
3366:
3363:
3361:
3358:
3354:
3351:
3350:
3349:
3346:
3344:
3341:
3337:
3334:
3332:
3329:
3327:
3324:
3322:
3319:
3318:
3317:
3314:
3308:
3305:
3303:
3300:
3299:
3298:
3295:
3293:
3290:
3288:
3285:
3283:
3280:
3279:
3278:
3275:
3274:
3272:
3270:
3266:
3260:
3259:
3255:
3251:
3248:
3246:
3243:
3241:
3238:
3236:
3233:
3231:
3228:
3226:
3223:
3221:
3218:
3216:
3213:
3211:
3207:
3204:
3203:
3202:
3199:
3197:
3194:
3192:
3189:
3187:
3184:
3182:
3179:
3177:
3174:
3170:
3167:
3165:
3162:
3160:
3157:
3153:
3150:
3149:
3148:
3145:
3143:
3140:
3138:
3135:
3133:
3130:
3126:
3123:
3121:
3118:
3116:
3113:
3112:
3111:
3108:
3104:
3101:
3099:
3096:
3094:
3091:
3090:
3089:
3086:
3084:
3081:
3079:
3076:
3072:
3069:
3067:
3064:
3062:
3059:
3057:
3054:
3052:
3049:
3048:
3047:
3044:
3042:
3039:
3038:
3037:
3036:Protestantism
3034:
3030:
3027:
3025:
3021:
3018:
3017:
3016:
3013:
3009:
3006:
3004:
3001:
3000:
2999:
2996:
2994:
2991:
2987:
2984:
2983:
2982:
2979:
2975:
2972:
2970:
2967:
2966:
2965:
2962:
2961:
2959:
2957:
2953:
2947:
2946:
2942:
2940:
2937:
2935:
2932:
2930:
2927:
2925:
2922:
2920:
2917:
2915:
2912:
2910:
2907:
2901:
2898:
2897:
2896:
2893:
2889:
2886:
2885:
2884:
2881:
2880:
2879:
2876:
2875:
2873:
2871:
2867:
2864:
2862:
2858:
2855:
2853:
2849:
2845:
2841:
2836:
2832:
2828:
2821:
2816:
2814:
2809:
2807:
2802:
2801:
2798:
2792:
2789:
2786:
2783:
2780:
2779:
2774:
2771:
2770:
2765:
2764:
2760:
2755:
2754:
2749:
2747:
2746:0-9518796-1-8
2743:
2739:
2735:
2732:
2728:
2725:
2721:
2718:
2714:
2711:
2710:
2705:
2703:
2699:
2695:
2694:
2689:
2686:
2685:
2681:
2675:
2671:
2667:
2664:
2660:
2658:
2654:
2650:
2647:
2643:
2641:
2638:
2634:
2631:
2627:
2624:
2620:
2616:
2613:
2609:
2606:
2602:
2598:
2595:
2591:
2588:
2584:
2580:
2576:
2573:
2569:
2566:
2562:
2561:
2556:
2553:
2549:
2546:
2542:
2539:
2535:
2532:
2528:
2523:
2520:
2517:
2514:
2511:
2508:
2505:
2502:
2500:
2497:
2496:
2494:
2491:
2488:
2484:
2481:
2480:
2475:
2472:
2468:
2465:
2461:
2458:
2454:
2450:
2447:
2443:
2440:
2438:
2433:
2430:
2427:
2423:
2420:
2416:
2412:
2410:9780813535111
2406:
2401:
2400:
2393:
2389:
2387:83-221-0152-X
2383:
2379:
2374:
2370:
2368:0-19-515669-2
2364:
2359:
2358:
2351:
2350:
2345:
2337:
2333:
2332:
2325:
2322:
2316:
2313:
2307:
2304:
2298:
2295:
2289:
2286:
2280:
2278:
2274:
2270:
2264:
2261:
2255:
2252:
2246:
2243:
2240:, circa 1931.
2239:
2233:
2230:
2224:
2221:
2215:
2212:
2208:
2202:
2199:
2195:
2193:
2186:
2182:
2175:
2173:
2171:
2167:
2163:
2157:
2154:
2148:
2145:
2139:
2136:
2130:
2127:
2120:
2117:
2114:, pp. 16-17).
2113:
2109:
2105:
2098:
2095:
2089:
2086:
2080:
2078:
2074:
2069:
2065:
2060:
2056:
2050:
2047:
2041:
2039:
2035:
2031:
2027:
2021:
2018:
2012:
2009:
2005:
1999:
1996:
1991:
1985:
1982:
1977:
1971:
1968:
1965:, 1967 p. 59.
1964:
1958:
1955:
1952:Buxton, p. 18
1949:
1946:
1940:
1938:
1934:
1928:
1925:
1919:
1916:
1910:
1907:
1901:
1898:
1894:
1891:"Mythology",
1888:
1885:
1881:
1875:
1872:
1867:
1865:9781532617539
1861:
1857:
1856:
1848:
1845:
1840:
1836:
1832:
1826:
1823:
1819:
1815:
1809:
1806:
1802:
1797:
1794:
1790:
1785:
1782:
1777:
1771:
1767:
1766:
1758:
1755:
1751:
1746:
1743:
1739:
1734:
1731:
1727:
1722:
1719:
1715:
1710:
1707:
1701:
1700:
1692:
1689:
1682:
1677:
1672:
1669:
1667:
1664:
1662:
1659:
1657:
1654:
1652:
1649:
1648:
1643:
1642:
1638:
1635:
1633:
1630:
1628:
1625:
1623:
1620:
1618:
1615:
1613:
1612:Creation myth
1610:
1608:
1605:
1604:
1599:
1598:
1594:
1592:
1590:
1586:
1582:
1575:Miscellaneous
1574:
1572:
1570:
1566:
1562:
1558:
1554:
1547:
1545:
1543:
1538:
1536:
1532:
1528:
1520:
1517:
1515:
1509:
1504:
1499:
1497:
1493:
1487:
1482:
1479:
1475:
1471:
1458:
1454:
1446:
1439:
1437:
1436:
1431:
1427:
1423:
1416:
1414:
1407:
1405:
1403:
1399:
1395:
1391:
1387:
1382:
1380:
1372:
1370:
1368:
1364:
1360:
1351:
1346:
1344:
1342:
1333:
1330:
1326:
1323:
1317:
1312:
1310:
1309:Mircea Eliade
1304:
1299:
1295:
1293:
1289:
1281:
1279:
1276:
1273:
1269:
1265:
1261:
1252:
1250:
1244:
1241:
1239:
1238:Supreme deity
1236:
1234:
1231:
1228:
1227:
1222:
1219:
1215:
1212:
1208:
1207:
1206:
1200:
1195:
1191:
1188:
1185:
1181:
1178:
1174:
1170:
1167:
1163:
1160:
1159:Robert Graves
1157:
1153:
1152:
1151:
1145:
1141:
1137:
1133:
1129:
1125:
1124:
1123:
1121:
1120:
1111:
1109:
1107:
1103:
1099:
1095:
1091:
1087:
1083:
1079:
1078:
1070:
1067:
1065:
1061:
1057:
1052:
1048:
1043:
1041:
1037:
1034:philosophers
1033:
1029:
1021:
1019:
1015:
1013:
1009:
1005:
1001:
997:
993:
992:Night Journey
989:
985:
981:
977:
973:
966:
964:
960:
956:
952:
948:
947:hagiographies
944:
940:
936:
932:
928:
924:
923:Robert Graves
918:
910:
908:
906:
901:
899:
895:
891:
887:
883:
879:
875:
871:
867:
863:
860:. Generally,
859:
855:
843:
838:
836:
831:
829:
824:
823:
821:
820:
813:
810:
808:
805:
803:
800:
798:
795:
793:
790:
786:
783:
782:
781:
778:
776:
773:
771:
768:
766:
763:
762:
756:
755:
748:
745:
743:
740:
738:
735:
733:
730:
726:
723:
722:
721:
718:
716:
713:
712:
706:
705:
698:
695:
693:
690:
688:
685:
683:
680:
676:
673:
671:
668:
667:
665:
663:
660:
658:
655:
653:
650:
648:
645:
643:
640:
639:
633:
632:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
606:
600:
599:
592:
589:
587:
584:
582:
579:
577:
574:
572:
569:
565:
562:
561:
560:
557:
555:
552:
550:
547:
545:
542:
540:
537:
535:
532:
530:
527:
525:
522:
520:
517:
515:
512:
510:
507:
505:
502:
500:
497:
495:
492:
488:
485:
483:
480:
476:
473:
471:
468:
467:
465:
461:
458:
456:
453:
451:
448:
447:
445:
441:
440:Kwakwakaʼwakw
438:
437:
435:
433:
430:
428:
425:
423:
420:
418:
415:
413:
410:
408:
405:
403:
400:
398:
395:
393:
390:
388:
385:
383:
380:
376:
373:
371:
368:
367:
365:
363:
360:
356:
353:
351:
348:
346:
343:
342:
340:
339:
338:
335:
333:
330:
328:
325:
323:
320:
318:
315:
313:
310:
308:
305:
303:
300:
298:
295:
293:
290:
288:
285:
283:
280:
278:
275:
273:
270:
268:
265:
263:
260:
258:
255:
253:
250:
248:
245:
243:
240:
238:
235:
233:
230:
226:
223:
221:
218:
216:
213:
211:
208:
206:
203:
202:
201:
198:
196:
193:
191:
188:
186:
183:
181:
178:
176:
173:
171:
168:
166:
163:
161:
158:
156:
153:
149:
146:
144:
141:
139:
136:
134:
131:
129:
126:
125:
124:
121:
119:
116:
114:
111:
109:
106:
104:
101:
99:
96:
94:
91:
88:
84:
80:
76:
73:
71:
68:
66:
63:
61:
58:
56:
53:
51:
48:
47:
44:
39:
38:
35:
31:
19:
8660:
8405:Psychedelics
8373:Mesoamerican
8244:superstition
8177:negotiations
8171:
8140:the internet
8135:intelligence
7943:
7833:
7190:Turkmenistan
7150:Saudi Arabia
6895:South Africa
6885:Sierra Leone
6690:Burkina Faso
6599:Names of God
6546:Unaffiliated
6501:Antireligion
6357:Universalism
6305:Assimilation
6170:Anthropology
6045:Supernatural
6040:Spirituality
6008:Sacred space
5996:Purification
5945:
5869:Denomination
5823: /
5631:Paleo-Balkan
5597:Mesopotamian
5437:Cook Islands
5408:Old Prussian
5321:UFO religion
5260:
5256:Zalmoxianism
5184:Neoshamanism
5041:Spiritualism
4924:Other ethnic
4813:
4639:Traditional
4599:Bongthingism
4487:Acoma Pueblo
4430:Mesoamerican
4149:Austronesian
3970:
3966:Neo-Buddhism
3898:
3894:Neo-Hinduism
3815:Swaminarayan
3653:
3602:Salvationist
3587:Confucianism
3438:Samaritanism
3408:Ali-Illahism
3389:
3256:
3250:Unitarianism
3191:Old Catholic
2998:Nestorianism
2956:Christianity
2943:
2909:Conservative
2785:Occultopedia
2776:
2767:
2751:
2737:
2736:Wright L.M.
2730:
2723:
2716:
2707:
2691:
2670:Deborah Lipp
2669:
2652:
2636:
2629:
2618:
2611:
2600:
2586:
2578:
2564:
2559:
2551:
2544:
2543:Kirk, G. S.
2537:
2530:
2521:
2515:
2509:
2503:
2498:
2486:
2478:
2470:
2452:
2445:
2436:
2425:
2424:"Religion".
2398:
2377:
2356:
2329:
2324:
2315:
2306:
2297:
2288:
2268:
2263:
2254:
2245:
2237:
2232:
2223:
2214:
2206:
2201:
2191:
2188:
2184:
2180:
2161:
2156:
2147:
2138:
2129:
2119:
2111:
2107:
2103:
2097:
2088:
2049:
2029:
2025:
2020:
2011:
2003:
1998:
1984:
1970:
1962:
1957:
1948:
1927:
1918:
1909:
1900:
1892:
1887:
1879:
1878:"Religion",
1874:
1854:
1847:
1839:the original
1834:
1825:
1817:
1813:
1808:
1801:Leeming 2005
1796:
1789:Leeming 2005
1784:
1764:
1757:
1745:
1738:Leeming 2005
1733:
1721:
1709:
1698:
1691:
1588:
1584:
1578:
1563:, Myths and
1551:
1541:
1539:
1524:
1513:
1511:
1506:
1501:
1495:
1489:
1484:
1467:
1442:
1433:
1420:
1417:Christianity
1411:
1389:
1383:
1378:
1376:
1355:
1337:
1328:
1319:
1314:
1306:
1301:
1296:
1291:
1285:
1268:supernatural
1256:
1247:
1224:
1204:
1149:
1117:
1115:
1075:
1074:
1064:Dogmatically
1054:
1050:
1045:
1025:
1017:
968:
962:
959:witch trials
920:
911:Introduction
902:
854:supernatural
851:
801:
742:Culture hero
586:West African
524:Proto-Uralic
366:Californian
322:Mesopotamian
8758:Mythography
8697:Eschatology
8330:Freemasonry
8315:Environment
8264:video games
8259:vaccination
8237:pornography
8192:personality
8145:LGBT people
8018:coronavirus
7958:agriculture
7933:World War I
7918:Vaccination
7858:Disability
7641:New Zealand
7578:Saint Lucia
7528:El Salvador
7433:Switzerland
7368:Netherlands
7140:Philippines
7068:South Korea
7063:North Korea
6953:Afghanistan
6900:South Sudan
6790:Ivory Coast
6574:Deification
6521:Objectivism
6496:Agnosticism
6449:Persecution
6439:Video games
6404:Populations
6315:Proselytism
6283:Monasticism
6274:Clericalism
6264:Agriculture
6255:and society
6220:Soteriology
6180:Comparative
6150:Transtheism
6135:Panentheism
5919:Monasticism
5712:Gallo-Roman
5614:Micronesian
5580:Manichaeism
5528:Hermeticism
5496:Continental
5491:Anglo-Saxon
5371:Paleolithic
5366:Prehistoric
5316:Scientology
5179:Italo-Roman
5034:Radha Soami
5014:New Thought
4854:Espiritismo
4795:Waaqeffanna
4735:Fon and Ewe
4673:Sub-Saharan
4556:Satsana Phi
4342:Ghost Dance
4295:Californian
4273:Anishinaabe
4199:Karo Pemena
4178:Indonesian
3852:Lingayatism
3800:Mahanubhava
3770:Vaishnavism
3701:Jeungsanism
3624:Folk Taoism
3607:Xiantiandao
3461:Zoroastrian
3120:Charismatic
3115:Pentecostal
3078:Anglicanism
3029:Waldensians
2964:Catholicism
2092:Segal, p. 3
1617:Esotericism
1565:Norse Sagas
1548:Neopaganism
1478:C. S. Lewis
1474:C. S. Lewis
1463:JRR Tolkien
1320:Similarly,
1209:an initial
1173:Folklorists
1094:eschatology
1086:moral codes
935:folklorists
341:Algonquian
327:Micronesian
220:Anglo-Saxon
43:Mythologies
8747:Categories
8717:Golden Age
8712:Heortology
8707:Eviternity
8692:Divination
8615:technology
8583:by country
8533:government
8518:euthanasia
8359:Mythology
8350:Liberalism
8217:bestiality
8212:adolescent
8105:government
8085:executions
8038:disability
8023:corruption
7944:some topic
7631:Micronesia
7508:Costa Rica
7403:San Marino
7363:Montenegro
7343:Luxembourg
7200:Uzbekistan
7175:Tajikistan
7080:Kyrgyzstan
7053:Kazakhstan
7003:East Timor
6973:Bangladesh
6963:Azerbaijan
6880:Seychelles
6845:Mozambique
6830:Mauritania
6815:Madagascar
6705:Cape Verde
6487:irreligion
6482:Secularism
6384:Minorities
6352:Toleration
6347:Syncretism
6332:Fanaticism
6322:Disability
6310:Missionary
6300:Conversion
6288:Ordination
6210:Psychology
6205:Philosophy
6145:Polytheism
6125:Monotheism
6120:Henotheism
5961:Orthopraxy
5951:Ordination
5914:Meditation
5909:Indigenous
5874:Entheogens
5859:Conversion
5685:Pueblo III
5602:Babylonian
5592:Melanesian
5518:Gnosticism
5403:Lithuanian
5296:Fourth Way
5150:Circassian
5128:Dievturība
5051:Tensegrity
4984:Falun Gong
4629:Sanamahism
4609:Donyi-Polo
4221:Polynesian
4167:Kaharingan
4092:Burkhanism
4031:Ravidassia
4009:Śvetāmbara
3795:Pushtimarg
3775:Krishnaism
3711:Vietnamese
3696:Cheondoism
3629:Yao Taoism
3565:East Asian
3331:Isma'ilism
3287:Maturidism
3066:Mennonites
3061:Hutterites
3046:Anabaptism
2939:Humanistic
2567:the poem).
2565:Mythopoeia
2310:"About Us"
2238:Mythopoeia
1835:Britannica
1831:"Theology"
1678:References
1435:Mythopoeia
1226:axis mundi
1156:classicist
1154:1968: The
1132:world view
1084:, and the
1000:irrational
949:of famous
915:See also:
775:Euhemerism
581:Vietnamese
514:Polynesian
509:Philippine
487:Talamancan
317:Melanesian
287:Lusitanian
257:Indonesian
118:Cantabrian
83:Lithuanian
8588:in France
8528:geography
8513:education
8415:Sexuality
8320:Evolution
8305:Economics
8207:sexuality
8172:mythology
8110:happiness
8100:geography
8080:ethnicity
8008:communism
7863:Fertility
7848:Astronomy
7843:Anarchism
7749:Venezuela
7694:Argentina
7611:Australia
7563:Nicaragua
7538:Guatemala
7338:Lithuania
7160:Sri Lanka
7155:Singapore
7135:Palestine
7023:Indonesia
7013:Hong Kong
6835:Mauritius
6556:Overviews
6511:Criticism
6464:Sectarian
6454:Terrorism
6429:Theocracy
6374:Happiness
6342:Pluralism
6327:Education
6253:Religion
6225:Salvation
6215:Sociology
6160:Religious
6140:Pantheism
6130:Nontheism
6023:Mountains
6001:Sacrifice
5956:Orthodoxy
5946:Mythology
5941:Mysticism
5830:Behaviour
5739:Canaanite
5722:Mithraism
5690:Pueblo IV
5680:Pueblo II
5585:Mazdakism
5560:Hungarian
5533:Mysteries
5442:Dravidian
5224:Hungarian
5140:Caucasian
5111:Godianism
5071:Agni Yoga
5061:Theosophy
5024:Rastafari
4999:Modekngei
4979:Brahmoism
4972:Syncretic
4964:movements
4962:religious
4874:Quimbanda
4822:Candomblé
4815:Diasporic
4594:Bathouism
4584:Benzhuism
4504:Tsimshian
4450:Purépecha
4371:Longhouse
4346:Sun Dance
4290:Blackfoot
4204:Malaysian
4194:Kapitayan
4004:Digambara
3989:Ayyavazhi
3954:Vajrayana
3919:Theravada
3832:Ganapatya
3805:Ramanandi
3734:Hoahaoism
3612:Yiguandao
3507:Yarsanism
3502:Shabakism
3489:Yazdânism
3479:Zurvanism
3474:Mazdaznan
3433:Rastafari
3428:Mandaeism
3302:Wahhabism
3282:Ash'arism
3245:Tolstoyan
3235:Spiritual
3225:Mormonism
3196:Judaizers
3169:Quakerism
3147:Methodist
3137:Irvingism
3088:Calvinism
3041:Adventism
3024:Moravians
2861:Abrahamic
2769:Mythology
2453:The Voice
2267:Greeley,
2236:Tolkien,
1683:Citations
1553:Neopagans
1470:Christian
1445:firmament
1430:mythology
1266:or other
1177:narrative
1119:mythology
1116:The term
1112:Mythology
1040:Aristotle
1026:The term
862:mythology
807:Symbolism
747:Folk hero
647:Creatures
642:Creations
466:Puebloan
350:Blackfoot
252:Hungarian
103:Brazilian
34:Mythology
8722:Prophecy
8702:Eternity
8677:Calendar
8553:medicine
8543:HIV/AIDS
8491:children
8476:abortion
8471:the arts
8355:Marriage
8300:Cannabis
8290:Adoption
8269:violence
8232:polygyny
8227:polygamy
8182:pacifism
8167:morality
8130:identity
8120:HIV/AIDS
8090:gambling
7998:children
7983:business
7953:abortion
7898:Morality
7853:Cannabis
7775:Category
7739:Suriname
7729:Paraguay
7714:Colombia
7621:Kiribati
7548:Honduras
7518:Dominica
7493:Barbados
7458:Scotland
7418:Slovenia
7413:Slovakia
7388:Portugal
7258:Bulgaria
7180:Thailand
7130:Pakistan
7110:Mongolia
7105:Maldives
7100:Malaysia
6988:Cambodia
6935:Zimbabwe
6910:Tanzania
6760:Ethiopia
6755:Eswatini
6735:Djibouti
6700:Cameroon
6685:Botswana
6629:Timeline
6624:Scholars
6584:Founders
6444:Violence
6399:Politics
6269:Business
6232:Theology
5976:Prophecy
5966:Paganism
5854:Covenant
5821:Apostasy
5756:Scythian
5697:Rapa Nui
5651:Thracian
5646:Illyrian
5636:Albanian
5607:Sumerian
5550:Harappan
5486:Germanic
5481:Georgian
5474:Selk'nam
5459:Etruscan
5447:Egyptian
5425:Druidism
5388:Armenian
5311:Satanism
5291:Eckankar
5214:Estonian
5199:Romanian
5189:Ossetian
5169:Germanic
5118:Armenian
5107:African
5100:paganism
5029:Sant Mat
5019:Rajneesh
4994:Meivazhi
4989:Japanese
4946:Siberian
4879:Santería
4849:Convince
4715:Bushongo
4619:Kiratism
4546:Hmongism
4413:Wocekiye
4398:Jivaroan
4366:Iroquois
4361:Ho-Chunk
4322:Cherokee
4255:American
4226:Hawaiian
4139:Sarnaism
4109:Tungusic
4097:Tengrism
4087:Mongolic
4016:Sarnaism
3947:Nichiren
3924:Mahayana
3911:Buddhism
3889:Sant Mat
3879:Sauraism
3874:Smartism
3869:Shaktism
3862:Balinese
3847:Kaumaram
3842:Kapalika
3837:Kashmiri
3822:Shaivism
3762:Hinduism
3729:Caodaism
3673:Ryukyuan
3668:Tenrikyo
3663:Shugendō
3641:Japanese
3512:Yazidism
3497:Ishikism
3375:Quranism
3348:Khawarij
3297:Salafism
3292:Atharism
3181:Esoteric
3152:Holiness
3142:Lutheran
3103:Reformed
3083:Baptists
3056:Brethren
3020:Hussites
3008:Assyrian
2924:Haymanot
2878:Orthodox
2827:Religion
2477:"Myth",
2435:"Myth",
2283:Bratcher
2205:Eliade,
2160:Eliade,
2083:Muthuraj
2024:Eliade,
2002:Eliade,
1961:Eliade,
1726:Rue 2005
1714:Rue 2005
1595:See also
1585:religion
1472:writer,
1461:—
1426:Catholic
1288:academia
1272:Buddhist
1211:Paradise
1184:demigods
1140:Allegory
1106:politics
1077:Religion
1071:Religion
1028:theology
1008:Buddhist
988:Muhammad
898:folktale
878:theology
874:morality
866:religion
812:Theology
780:Folklore
759:See also
619:National
609:Creation
534:Romanian
494:Ossetian
482:Selk'nam
450:Ho-Chunk
422:Iroquois
297:Malagasy
267:Japanese
205:Frankish
200:Germanic
195:Georgian
180:Etruscan
175:Estonian
165:Egyptian
143:Scottish
108:Buddhist
87:Prussian
60:Armenian
50:Albanian
8687:Destiny
8682:Deities
8610:suicide
8578:society
8573:science
8506:alcohol
8481:atheism
8430:Tobacco
8420:Slavery
8310:Economy
8274:warfare
8254:torture
8058:alcohol
8043:divorce
7903:Slavery
7893:Marxism
7744:Uruguay
7719:Ecuador
7699:Bolivia
7676:Vanuatu
7603:Oceania
7553:Jamaica
7533:Grenada
7488:Bahamas
7448:England
7438:Ukraine
7393:Romania
7353:Moldova
7313:Ireland
7308:Iceland
7303:Hungary
7293:Germany
7283:Finland
7278:Estonia
7273:Denmark
7268:Czechia
7263:Croatia
7248:Belgium
7243:Belarus
7238:Austria
7233:Andorra
7228:Albania
7205:Vietnam
7115:Myanmar
7090:Lebanon
7008:Georgia
6968:Bahrain
6958:Armenia
6920:Tunisia
6890:Somalia
6875:Senegal
6860:Nigeria
6850:Namibia
6840:Morocco
6805:Liberia
6800:Lesotho
6750:Eritrea
6720:Comoros
6695:Burundi
6670:Algeria
6614:Outline
6579:Deities
6506:Atheism
6419:Science
6337:Freedom
6195:History
6162:studies
6115:Dualism
6105:Animism
6070:Worship
6050:Symbols
5991:Liturgy
5904:Goddess
5864:Deities
5845:Laicism
5835:Beliefs
5814:Aspects
5786:Zapotec
5781:Vainakh
5749:Yahwism
5734:Semitic
5663:Iranian
5565:Hurrian
5555:Hittite
5545:Guanche
5538:Orphism
5469:Fuegian
5464:Finnish
5452:Atenism
5398:Latvian
5383:Arabian
5326:Raëlism
5306:Jediism
5301:Goddess
5274:De novo
5162:Druidry
5056:Thelema
5009:New Age
4894:Umbanda
4785:Tumbuka
4770:Odinala
4755:Lugbara
4675:African
4641:African
4589:Bimoism
4579:Burmese
4425:Mapuche
4391:Wyandot
4351:Guarani
4332:Choctaw
4327:Chilote
4268:Alaskan
4263:Abenaki
4214:Tagalog
4187:Kejawèn
4036:Sikhism
3999:Jainism
3959:Tibetan
3942:Amidism
3810:Warkari
3724:Đạo Mẫu
3574:Chinese
3556:Eastern
3533:Roshani
3452:Iranian
3360:Alevism
3353:Ibadism
3326:Zaydism
3003:Ancient
2974:Eastern
2934:Renewal
2919:Karaite
2900:Zionist
2888:Hasidic
2870:Judaism
2852:Western
2439:("OED")
2346:Sources
2032:, p. 95
1895:, 2007.
1600:General
1583:covers
1531:Dov Noy
1521:Judaism
1361:Father
1264:deities
1166:secular
1144:society
1136:Parable
1098:worship
1012:reality
984:Hebrews
931:stories
697:Sources
682:Objects
670:Culture
666:Heroes
652:Deities
571:Tibetan
504:Persian
402:Guarani
392:Choctaw
387:Chilote
345:Abenaki
282:Lugbara
262:Italian
247:Hittite
237:Guanche
185:Finnish
170:English
155:Chinese
133:Cornish
113:Catalan
79:Latvian
55:Arabian
8605:sports
8538:health
8450:Wealth
8425:Tamils
8400:Nature
8383:Muisca
8378:Mixtec
8335:Gender
8249:terror
8202:ritual
8115:health
8095:gender
8075:ethics
7868:Gender
7785:Portal
7724:Guyana
7704:Brazil
7671:Tuvalu
7568:Panama
7558:Mexico
7503:Canada
7498:Belize
7428:Sweden
7408:Serbia
7398:Russia
7383:Poland
7378:Norway
7358:Monaco
7328:Latvia
7323:Kosovo
7298:Greece
7288:France
7220:Europe
7185:Turkey
7170:Taiwan
7075:Kuwait
7048:Jordan
7038:Israel
6998:Cyprus
6983:Brunei
6978:Bhutan
6930:Zambia
6925:Uganda
6865:Rwanda
6820:Malawi
6780:Guinea
6770:Gambia
6675:Angola
6662:Africa
6471:Wealth
6414:Schism
6369:Growth
6293:Priest
6278:Clergy
6097:Theism
6080:Nature
6075:Astral
6018:Groves
5986:Ritual
5971:Prayer
5929:Novice
5879:Ethnic
5804:Topics
5776:Urartu
5771:Tongan
5766:Somali
5761:Slavic
5641:Dacian
5420:Celtic
5415:Basque
5393:Baltic
5244:Udmurt
5209:Uralic
5204:Slavic
5157:Celtic
5145:Abkhaz
5133:Romuva
5123:Baltic
5098:Modern
4941:Papuan
4904:Voodoo
4859:Kumina
4800:Yoruba
4790:Urhobo
4760:Maasai
4745:Lotuko
4693:Baluba
4683:Akamba
4656:Berber
4614:Heraka
4604:Dongba
4482:Pueblo
4477:Pawnee
4467:Navajo
4457:Muisca
4420:Lenape
4408:Lakota
4386:Seneca
4376:Mohawk
4310:Ohlone
4285:Apache
4278:Ojibwe
4253:Native
4119:Manchu
4114:Evenki
4075:Altaic
4066:Ethnic
4041:Khalsa
3994:Kalash
3884:Śrauta
3753:Indian
3683:Korean
3649:Shinto
3619:Taoism
3592:Luoism
3418:Baháʼí
3413:Bábism
3365:Ahmadi
3343:Sufism
3336:Alawis
2986:Church
2914:Reform
2895:Modern
2883:Haredi
2744:
2700:
2407:
2384:
2365:
2292:Schram
2249:Pearce
2192:mythos
2142:Hardon
1862:
1772:
1557:Asatru
1527:Jewish
1402:mythos
1379:muthos
1260:agency
1171:1997:
1102:ethics
1082:divine
972:Buddha
951:saints
894:legend
880:, and
870:ritual
858:sacred
692:Places
662:Floods
624:Origin
591:Yoruba
576:Turkic
554:Talysh
549:Somali
544:Slavic
499:Papuan
460:Pawnee
455:Lakota
432:Muisca
375:Ohlone
355:Lenape
332:Mongol
312:Meitei
292:Maasai
277:Korean
225:Gothic
190:French
128:Breton
123:Celtic
93:Basque
75:Baltic
70:Berber
8563:peace
8558:music
8501:drugs
8496:death
8455:Women
8445:Water
8388:Olmec
8363:Aztec
8053:drugs
8028:crime
7928:Women
7908:Subud
7888:Magic
7709:Chile
7666:Tonga
7656:Samoa
7646:Palau
7636:Nauru
7543:Haiti
7463:Wales
7423:Spain
7348:Malta
7318:Italy
7210:Yemen
7165:Syria
7145:Qatar
7120:Nepal
7095:Macau
7058:Korea
7043:Japan
7018:India
6993:China
6905:Sudan
6855:Niger
6810:Libya
6795:Kenya
6775:Ghana
6765:Gabon
6740:Egypt
6680:Benin
6589:Index
6560:lists
6424:State
6242:Women
6110:Deism
6085:Place
6065:Water
6060:Truth
6028:Trees
5884:Faith
5849:Laity
5744:Punic
5702:Roman
5668:Vedic
5626:Olmec
5513:Greek
5506:Norse
5430:Irish
5251:Wicca
5046:Subud
4936:Inuit
4909:Winti
4899:Vodou
4864:Obeah
4844:Comfa
4827:Bantu
4780:Serer
4765:Mbuti
4725:Dogon
4720:Dinka
4703:Kongo
4698:Bantu
4624:Qiang
4514:Yaqui
4445:Olmec
4435:Aztec
4356:Haida
4305:Miwok
4300:Kuksu
4231:Māori
4162:Dayak
4083:Turko
4046:Sects
3982:Other
3937:Thiền
3521:Other
3423:Druze
3401:Other
3277:Sunni
3269:Islam
3051:Amish
2969:Latin
2676:>.
2665:>.
2648:>.
2625:>.
2607:>.
2596:>.
2574:>.
2466:>.
2459:>.
2421:>.
2187:(1).
2124:521).
2071:712).
2055:deism
1882:2007.
1818:story
1569:Wicca
1561:Eddas
1525:Some
1514:third
1090:deity
1036:Plato
1032:Greek
1006:or a
1004:Hindu
888:with
785:Epics
737:Twins
715:Deity
687:Pairs
636:Lists
614:Flood
603:Types
529:Roman
417:Inuit
407:Haida
397:Creek
382:Chaná
370:Miwok
362:Aztec
307:Mbuti
302:Māori
272:Kongo
242:Hindu
232:Greek
215:Norse
148:Welsh
138:Irish
98:Bantu
8732:Yuga
8672:Aeon
8657:Time
8568:race
8368:Maya
8345:LGBT
7963:AIDS
7734:Peru
7616:Fiji
7513:Cuba
7125:Oman
7085:Laos
7033:Iraq
7028:Iran
6945:Asia
6915:Togo
6825:Mali
6715:Chad
6558:and
6485:and
6055:Text
6035:Soul
5924:Monk
5889:Fire
5570:Inca
5378:Ainu
5262:list
5239:Sámi
4869:Palo
4837:Ketu
4832:Jejé
4750:Lozi
4730:Efik
4708:Zulu
4688:Akan
4541:Ahom
4533:Miao
4531:and
4519:Zuni
4492:Hopi
4440:Maya
4337:Crow
4315:Pomo
3972:list
3929:Chan
3900:list
3857:Nath
3655:list
3391:list
3316:Shia
3258:list
2945:list
2742:ISBN
2698:ISBN
2405:ISBN
2382:ISBN
2363:ISBN
2218:Wood
1860:ISBN
1770:ISBN
1579:The
1390:myth
1104:and
1038:and
974:was
725:Type
675:Folk
564:Thai
539:Sámi
475:Zuni
470:Hopi
427:Maya
412:Inca
160:Efik
8659:in
8548:law
7883:Law
6459:War
5934:Nun
5899:God
4960:New
4805:Ifá
4775:San
4574:Bon
4529:Tai
4509:Ute
3933:Zen
3597:Nuo
2336:PDF
1893:OED
1453:elf
1286:In
990:'s
961:.
896:or
856:or
559:Tai
8749::
6276:/
5847:/
4740:Ik
4551:Mo
2690:,
2495::
2276:^
2183:.
2169:^
2076:^
2037:^
1936:^
1833:.
1220:).
1138:,
1062:.
986:,
907:.
900:.
876:,
872:,
85:-
81:-
8649:e
8642:t
8635:v
7946:)
7832:(
7819:e
7812:t
7805:v
4817::
4344:/
4085:-
3935:/
3931:/
3208:/
3022:/
2819:e
2812:t
2805:v
2775:"
2766:"
2431:.
2413:.
2390:.
2371:.
2338:)
2328:"
2185:9
1992:.
1978:.
1868:.
1778:.
1447:,
1186:.
1014:.
841:e
834:t
827:v
89:)
77:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.