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Mythology Project[edit]
Objective: This is a place to discuss and coordinate issues relating to mythology and related articles in the Wikipedia. To date, there has been extensive discussion regarding the use of the word mythology. See Talk:Mythology.
Scope: Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to help with the "To Do" list. In addition, to help read, edit, write, categorize, review and assess the many mythology categories and stubs.
Definition:
The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity. In modern usage, mythology is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths. In common usage, myth means a falsehood — a story which many believe to be based on fact but which is not true. However, the field of mythology does not use this definition....Myths are narratives about divine or heroic beings, arranged in a coherent system, passed down traditionally, and linked to the spiritual or religious life of a community, endorsed by rulers or priests. Once this link to the spiritual leadership of society is broken, they lose their mythological qualities and become folktales or fairy tales. Not every religious narrative is a myth however; unless it is deeply rooted in tradition, it may also be trivial pious anecdote or legend.
— citing mythology article 12/4/06, Wikipedia
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In any given society three main elements work together to reinforce and stabilize each other, and in turn stabilize that society. These three elements are language, myth, and religion. No human culture has ever been found without all three, and they feed into one another in a very stable system.
— Benjamin Shender, Apr. 5, 2006, The Social Trinity
Recognized content[edit]
| Mythology articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA |
3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | ||
| FL |
1 | 1 | |||||
 GA |
2 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 73 | ||
| B | 12 | 66 | 66 | 38 | 3 | 185 | |
| C | 22 | 62 | 111 | 119 | 4 | 318 | |
| Start | 22 | 137 | 463 | 903 | 1 | 9 | 1,535 |
| Stub | 2 | 43 | 262 | 1,711 | 13 | 2,031 | |
| List | 1 | 15 | 28 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 93 |
| Category | 2 | 3 | 1 | 400 | 406 | ||
| Disambig | 2 | 6 | 51 | 59 | |||
| File | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Portal | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Project | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Template | 1 | 30 | 31 | ||||
| NA | 3 | 36 | 39 | ||||
| Assessed | 64 | 334 | 974 | 2,860 | 530 | 32 | 4,794 |
| Unassessed | 53 | 53 | |||||
| Total | 64 | 334 | 974 | 2,860 | 530 | 85 | 4,847 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 21,837 | Ω = 5.25 | |||||
Featured articles[edit]
- 2012 phenomenon
- Ahalya
- Ancient Egyptian literature
- Andromeda (constellation)
- King Arthur
- Biddenden Maids
- Ancient Egyptian deities
- Ganesha
- Greek mythology
- Green children of Woolpit
- Iravan
- Orion (mythology)
- Osiris myth
- Vampire
- Vithoba
Former featured articles[edit]
Featured lists[edit]
Good articles[edit]
- Æsir–Vanir War
- Ala (demon)
- Ardhanarishvara
- Cicely Mary Barker
- Battle of Barry
- Bhikshatana
- Cailleach
- Catalogue of Women
- Cerne Abbas Giant
- Chamunda
- Charon's obol
- Chhinnamasta
- Consorts of Ganesha
- Ion Creangă
- Cú Chulainn
- Dagr
- Dellingr
- Dhumavati
- Einherjar
- Eir
- Eye of Ra
- Fairy Flag
- Fenrir
- Gerðr
- Hel (being)
- LGBT themes in Hindu mythology
- Hlín
- Huginn and Muninn
- Iðunn
- Ila (Hinduism)
- The Immortals of Meluha
- Kabandha
- Kali
- Kamadhenu
- Kangiten
- Khandoba
- Kubera
- Manasa
- Mandodari
- Matangi
- Matrikas
- Mermaid
- Mohini
- Myrrha
- Mythology of Carnivàle
- Naraka (Hinduism)
- Njörðr
- Nótt
- The Oath of the Vayuputras
- Philomela
- Prester John
- Prithu
- Putana
- Ratatoskr
- Rati
- Revanta
- Satyavati
- The Secret of the Nagas
- Sharabha
- Shashthi
- Shiva
- Sif
- Sól (sun)
- Tara (Ramayana)
- Thor
- Troilus
- Tuisto
- Valhalla
- Valkyrie
- Vampire folklore by region
- Varahi
- Veðrfölnir and eagle
- Zduhać
Former good articles[edit]
- Apollo
- Atlantis
- Celtic mythology
- Dido and Aeneas
- Erebus
- Robin Hood
- Christ myth theory
- Krishna
- Leprechaun
- Mahabharata
- Merseburg Incantations
- Mythical origins of language
- Witchcraft
Did you know? articles[edit]
- Achelous and Hercules
- Achilles on Skyros
- Acis and Galatea (mythology)
- Adlet
- Æsir–Vanir War
- Aetites
- Afqa
- Ahalya
- Amala (mythology)
- Angakkuq
- Antiope (Amazon)
- Apaliunas
- Apkallu
- Ardhanarishvara
- Arion (mythology)
- Ashta Lakshmi
- Aspidochelone
- Awilix
- Baal with Thunderbolt
- Batara Kala
- Bayajidda (mythology)
- Bhikshatana
- Biddenden Maids
- Bochica
- Broteas
- Cagn
- Celtic nature worship
- Cerberus
- Chamunda
- Chedipe
- Chhinnamasta
- Churel
- Cocijo
- Colombian folklore
- Companions of Saint Nicholas
- Connla's Well
- Ion Creangă
- Danel
- Debate between sheep and grain
- Debate between Winter and Summer
- Dedi
- Flood myth
- Demon Cat
- Demons of Sri Lanka
- Devil's door
- Dhumavati
- Dick Whittington and His Cat
- Dogs in Mesoamerican folklore and myth
- Dorus
- Drangue
- Dusios
- Egyptian mythology
- Ancient Egyptian deities
- Ekur
- Engkanto
- Enlil and Ninlil
- Erotes
- Ewale a Mbedi
- Eye of Ra
- Fairy Flag
- Fairy path
- Flying Head
- Gello
- Gorgoneion
- Gorgythion
- Greek hero cult
- Gudea cylinders
- Guivre
- Hakawai
- Hermes Fastening his Sandal
- LGBT themes in Hindu mythology
- Hippocamp
- Hödekin
- Hubur
- Hymn to Enlil
- Ila (Hinduism)
- The Immortals of Meluha
- Iole
- Iravan
- Ispolin (Bulgarian mythology)
- Jacawitz
- Jarilo
- Jengu
- Jupiter and Thetis
- Kabandha
- Kamadhenu
- Kanathos
- Kangiten
- Karagiozis
- Karkadann
- Kesh temple hymn
- Keśin
- Kiringul
- Kubera
- Kukulkan
- Labbu
- Legends of the Coco de Mer
- Lieu Hanh
- List of fictional turtles
- Little People of the Pryor Mountains
- Lykaia
- Lympha
- Maha Sohona
- Mama Quilla
- Manasa
- Mandodari
- Matangi
- Maximón
- Medusa Rondanini
- Meriones (mythology)
- Mermaid of Zennor
- Miracle of the roses
- Mohini
- Myrrha
- Naraka (Hinduism)
- Nataska
- Old English Gospel of Nicodemus
- Osiris myth
- Palladium (classical antiquity)
- Patala
- Polycephaly
- Polydorus (son of Priam)
- Prithu
- Psophis
- Putana
- Queen of Elphame
- Q'uq'umatz
- Rati
- Ravens of the Tower of London
- Rediculus
- Reeri Yakseya
- Revanta
- Rudras
- Lazăr Șăineanu
- Saint Senara
- Henric Sanielevici
- Satyavati
- The Secret of the Nagas
- Serglige Con Culainn
- Sharabha
- Shashthi
- Shetani
- Shooting an apple off one's child's head
- Shtojzovalle
- Sonargöltr
- Song of the hoe
- Sons of Odin
- Stuffo
- Sülde Tngri
- Sumbha and Nisumbha
- Sunstone (medieval)
- Tablet of Shamash
- Tara (Ramayana)
- Tharmas
- The Labourers of Herakles
- The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus
- Tigmamanukan
- Tiyanak
- Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
- Tngri
- Tohil
- Toilet god
- Two Ladies
- Underwater panther
- Vaikuntha Chaturmurti
- Vala, or The Four Zoas
- Valhalla
- Vampire folklore by region
- Varahi
- Venus Anadyomene
- Vinayaki
- Wayob
- White horse (mythology)
- Wrath of the Titans
- Wu Gang
- Xenoclea
- Xipe Totec
- Xiuhcoatl
- Xiuhtecuhtli
- Zana e malit
- Zduhać
Did you knows (DYKs)[edit]
- Hippocamp - 12 January 2007
- Dogs in Mesoamerican folklore and myth - 31 October 2008
- Wayob - 28 January 2009
- Xipe Totec - 31 January 2009
- Cocijo - 25 February 2009
- Xiuhtecuhtli - 1 March 2009
- Kukulkan - 20 March 2009
- Xiuhcoatl - 24 October 2009
- Tohil - 3 February 2010
- Awilix - 27 February 2010
- Jacawitz - 2 March 2010
- Gukumatz - 29 August 2010
New articles[edit]
Formerly recognized content[edit]
Former featured articles[edit]
Former good articles[edit]
- Apollo
- Atlantis
- Celtic mythology
- Leprechaun
- Merseburg Incantations
- Mythical origins of language
- Witchcraft
Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team selections[edit]
These articles have all been selected in one or more release versions by the 1.0 Editorial Team. Please help ensure that these articles remain of the highest quality possible.
- Proposed deletions
- Good article nominees
- 13 Mar 2013 – Mars (mythology) (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Aunva6 (t · c); start discussion
- Requests for comments
- 22 May 2013 – Genesis creation narrative (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Theroadislong (t · c); see discussion
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