List of mythologies
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Contents
Mythologies by region
Africa
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Central Africa
- Bantu mythology
- Bushongo mythology (Congo)
- Baluba mythology
- Bambuti (Pygmy) mythology (Congo)
- Lugbara mythology (Congo)
East Africa
- Akamba mythology (East Kenya)
- Dinka mythology (Sudan)
- Lotuko mythology (Sudan)
- Masai mythology (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Kintu, Kaikuzi, Warumbe etc (Uganda)
Horn of Africa
North Africa
West Africa
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- Akan mythology
- Ashanti mythology (Ghana)
- Dahomey (Fon) mythology
- Edo mythology (Nigeria, Benin) *(Also connected to Edo Mysteries)
- Efik mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Igbo mythology (Nigeria, Cameroon)
- Isoko mythology (Nigeria)
- Yoruba mythology (Nigeria, Benin)
Southern Africa
- Khoikhoi mythology
- Lozi mythology (Zambia)
- Malagasy mythology
- Tumbuka mythology (Malawi)
- Zulu mythology (South Africa)
Arctic
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overlaps with North Asia, Northern Europe and North America.
Asia
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Southwestern Asia
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Middle East, Persia, Anatolia, Caucasus.
- Ancient
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- Sumerian religion
- Mesopotamian mythology (Sumerian, Assyro-Babylonian)*
- Iranian mythology
- Semitic mythology
- Hittite mythology
- Hurrian mythology
- Scythian mythology
- Elamite Mythology
- Medieval to Modern
South Asia
- Ayyavazhi mythology
- Hindu mythology/ Vedic mythology/ Indian epic poetry
- Tamil mythology
- Buddhist mythology
East Asia
- Chinese mythology
- Japanese mythology
- Korean mythology
- Tibetan mythology
- Ryukyuan mythology
- Ainu mythology
Southeast Asia
Central and Northern Asia
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(overlaps with Eastern and Northern Europe)
- Mythology of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples
- Scythian mythology
- Mongolian mythology
- Finnic mythology
Australia and Oceania
- Australian Aboriginal mythology
- Kaluli creation myth
- Melanesian mythology
- Micronesian mythology
- Papuan mythology
- Polynesian mythology
Europe
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Classical Antiquity
Northern Europe
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Eastern Europe
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Southern Europe
- Albanian mythology
- Catalan mythology
- Greek mythology
- Italian mythology
- Lusitanian mythology
- Maltese mythology
- Spanish mythology
- Turkish mythology
Western Europe
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North Caucasus
- Nart saga (Covers Abazin, Abkhaz, Circassian, Ossetian, Karachay-Balkar and Chechen-Ingush mythologies)
- Ossetian mythology
- Vainakh mythology (Covers Chechen and Ingush mythology)
- Adyghe Habze
South Caucasus/Transcaucasia
British Isles
Americas
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Mesoamerica
Caribbean
South America
African diasporic
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Mythologies by religion
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Syncretic mythologies
Mythologies by time period
Ancient mythologies by period of first attestation.
- Bronze Age
- Proto-Indo-European mythology (reconstructed)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian mythology (reconstructed)
- Mesopotamian mythology (Sumerian, Akkadian)
- Egyptian mythology
- Persian mythology
- Canaanite mythology
- Hittite mythology
- Hurrian mythology
- Rigvedic mythology
- Chinese mythology
- Iron Age
- Late Antiquity
