Links

The following links are sites that cover myths and legends, and are included for people wishing to find out more about a particular subject, or those looking for something different to spice up their 'Hordes of the Things' games.

General Information

• The Encyclopedia Mythica
• Myths and Legends
• Cryptozoology
• The Internet Sacred Text Archive - An amazing resource of myths, legends and sacred texts from around the world.
• Gods, Heros and Myth - A useful guide to some world mythologies.
• Fantastic Zoology
• Godchecker.com - For all your deity needs.

Ancient Near East

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature - In the original language with English translations.
• Gods, Goddesses, Demons and Monsters - A gallery of entities from the Ancient Near East.

Europe

• The Book of Invasions - A summary of this 'history' of Irish settlement.
• Kalevala - The Finnish national epic.
• The Nibelungenlied - The German national epic.
• Visions of Bowmen and Angels - An extensive piece on the Angel of Mons and similar legends of WWI.
• Theoi Project - A guide to Greek Gods, spirits and monsters.

Africa

• The Epic of Sundjata - The Lion King of Mali.

India

• Ancient Egyptian Flying Vehicles covers much of the same ground.

China

• A Chinese Account of the Boxer Rebellion - Includes some fascinating stuff about the Red Lantern Auxilliaries.
• The Asian Dragon

Central America

• Mayan Warfare with an occasional mystical slant.
• The War Against the Spanish - The Maya view of warfare.
• South American Fantasy Wargaming

Literature and Other Fiction

• Worlds on the Net .
• Tekumel - the Empire of the Petal Throne.
• Fantastic Victoriana
• Bridgetothestars.net - A site devoted to Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials trilogy.