Chinese Myths

  1. Introduction:  History, features and Style
  2. Intro:  Relates to origin and religion –creation myth
  3. Intro:  Origin of Chinese myths and religious relationships
    Includes creation-Pangu
  4. Explanation of Chinese myths
  5.  Myth of Huang Di
  6. Intro:  sophisticated from book beginning
  7. Myths:  the message is written below each title
  8. Creation Myths
  9. Chinese Creation Myth
  10. Myths:  Links to several
  1. Many myths –all linked
  1. Taoist Deities
  1. Deities – worshipped by trades like farming
  1. Encyclopedia Mythica: all characters individually defined
  1. Eight Immortals – takes a long time to load (11 min)- lots of deities and attributes
  1.   Myths:  3, including big drawings that could be colored in
  1. Myths:  including original translation from indigenous people
    http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Myths_and_Folktales/Myths/Chinese/
  1.   The Dragon:  back to primitive society and the dragon god

20.  Dragon:  “The Celestial Chinese Dragon is comparable as the symbol of the Chinese race itself. Chinese around the world, proudly proclaim themselves "Lung Tik Chuan Ren" (Descendents of the Dragon). Dragons are referred to as the divine mythical creature that brings with it ultimate abundance, prosperity and good fortune. “ 

21.  Dragon’s Nine Sons

22.  Chinese New Year:  200401/22/2004 Monkey

23.    Chinese New Year info

24.     Traditions on New Year’s:  The rice porridge with nuts and dried fruit eaten on the eighth day of the last lunar month.

25.  Find your animal sign

26.  What to do for the New Year’s Celebration

27.    The Gate Gods- pictures up on New Year’s

28.  party

29.  Post a distiche

30.  Paper lanterns

  1. Chinese Caligraphy- along with most popular words
  2. Chinese Proverbs: Adapted for Class
  3. Figure out your own name: translations online- print out and draw
  4. Find your animal sign
  5. Activities

Native American Myths

  1. Great Intro
    http://www.livingmyths.com/Native.htm

If this earth should ever be destroyed, it will be by desire, by the lust of pleasure and self-gratification.    — Lame Deer

Celtic Myths

  1. Great Intro

http://www.livingmyths.com/Celticmyth.htm

Greek Myths

1.  Great intro:  story of Paris, etc.

http://www.livingmyths.com/Greek.htm

What are myths?

  1. Great and full explanation:  http://www.livingmyths.com/What.htm

JAPANESE MYTHS

  1. Intro:  http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese_mythology.asp
  2. Intro:  Birth of gods, etc.:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kojiki.htm
  3. Intro:  http://images.trafficmp.com/tmpad/content/expedia/expedia6q4.html
  4. Intro, including info on demons:  http://www.angelfire.com/sys/popup_source.shtml?search_string=Japanese+Mythology
  5. Intro and religious connection:  http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Post/239813
  1. god list with attributes:  http://www.eschatonbooks.com/eschaton/books/103/103-p3.html
  2. Out of the Cave and into the Light (also on audio):  http://www.lyricalworks.com/stories/amaterasu/amaterasu.htm
  3. Creation Myth:  http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.wsu.edu:8080/%7Ewldciv/world%5Fciv%5Freader/world%5Fciv%5Freader%5F1/kojiki.html
  4. List of deities and meanings: http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/D9.HTM#UZUME
  1. Encyclopedia Mythica:  This area contains entries on both Shinto and Buddhist deities.  http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia/japanese/articles.html
  2. Myths and some intro.  Includes Family tree of gods:  http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/myrefE.HTML
  3. Early myths and creation myth:  http://www.harapan.co.jp/english/miya_e/myth/kojiki_index.htm
  4. Myths on creation of Japan- great site:  http://www.interq.or.jp/www-user/fuushi/e-myth-a.htm
  5.  Japanese characters and deity family tree:  http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.harapan.co.jp/english/miya%5Fe/myth/terminology.htm
  6. Deities and brief info:  http://www.purgingtalon.com/nlm/worldmyth/japanese.htm
  7. Windows Team!  3 myths:  http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/japan_culture.html and
    http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/redirect.cgi/mythology/japan.html
  8.  
  9. Good intro- Shinto and Japanese Mythology:   Creation myth and others. http://www.geocities.com/blackthornraven/Main.html
  10.  Shinto is J’s original religion- :  http://www.geocities.com/blackthornraven/Shinto.html
  11.  
  12. Myths and legends:  http://www.purgingtalon.com/nlm/worldmyth/japanese.htm
  13. http://www.harapan.co.jp/english/miya_e/myth/myth_index.htm
  14. Family tree of gods with stories and relations to Greek myths http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.st.rim.or.jp/%7Ecycle/MyKEIZE.HTML
  15. Creation Myth:  http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_1/kojiki.html
  16. Great story written by kids- each short myth also has 3 questions:  http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/japmyth/
  17. Myths: 

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Myths_and_Folktales/Myths/Japanese/