Near Eastern Mythology

A Few Years back (1998 or so), I took on online course on Near Eastern Mythology through the University of Maine system. For that course, I put together a couple of web things which I've never had the urge to toss away. One is the group of links you'll find below (which may or may not be current - have fun exploring them). The other was my final project for the course - The Descent. It's an online quiz on Near Eastern and Classical mythology. A fun little thing. If you're in the mood, enter into The Descent.
- danny

· Amazing Ancient World Ancient Civilization Internet Book
· Ancient History
· Ancient World Web
· Anthropology Links
· Applied Anthropology Browser
· Archaeology Magazine
· ArchNet WWW Virtual Library - Archaeology
· ArchNet Academic Programs & Departments
· Foreign Language Font Archive From the UO Yamada Language Center
· Fragments of Time Museum Quality Ancient Art
· Internet African History Sourcebook
· Kinship and Social Organization
· People With A History Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History
· Yahoo:Ancient Art
· Yahoo:Ancient History:Women in Antiquity

NOTE: Theogony and Creation Specific Links in other areas are marked *T*.
· Chaos
· Creation by World Parents Greek and Maori Tales
· Creation/Flood Myths of the World
· Creation Myths: Cosmogonies Links and Info. from various cultures
· Creation Stories
· Guide to Understanding Myths of Creation and Scientific Theory
· Myth History of Catastrophes...
· Neopagan "take" on Cosmologies
· SACRED COSMOLOGY: Precolumbian Mesoamerican Symbolism
· What Does A Creation Myth Do?

· Aaron Rester's Mythology Pages
· Ancient Wisdom Home Page
· Archetypal Hero of Joseph Campbell
· Book of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and other Characters of Mythology
· Brent Spiner Interview about Data as hero - Fun!
· Catastrophism Bibliography, including Flood
· Classical Mythology Online - Home Page
· Deities Resource
· Encyclopedia Mythica: Home
· Encyclopedia Mythica: Other mythologies.
· Floods and other cataclysms
· Folklore & Mythology Links
· Gender & Dominance in early societies
· General bibliography
· General Religion & Theology Take a moment to browse through this one!
· Gentle Mystic - The Quest
· Guide to Folktales, Folklore & Mythology Loads of info. and links here.
· Guide to Religion & Theology
· Heinemann's Online Projects
· Synopses of books about the Hero Archetype
· Joseph Campbell Biographical Sketch
· Joseph Campbell's Ten Commandments for Reading Mythology
· Luminara's Web of Myth-tery
· Myth History of the Catastrophe Events and Their Cultural Effects
· Myth and Ritual Tina says "useful!"
· Mything Links
· Mythology, Folklore, and a little bit of Religion
· Myth Today A Look at a Definition of Myth
· Okeanos
· Online Mythology Resources from the University of Pennsylavania
· Powersource Native American Art & Education Center
· Rituals and Texts
· Russian Mysticism & Healing
· Shamanic Healing
· Shamanism Tina says "start here"
· Shamanism - Definition
· Shaman - What is one?
· Trivial Knowledge - Religion & Mythology
· What is Myth?
· World of Idolatry

· Amorites Map and timeline
· Archaeology
· Biblical Archeology scroll down to the edition you want to browse
· Canaan
· Canaanite/ Hittite and Hebrew Resources
· Canaanite/ Ugaritic Mythology Good Guide to Deities
· A Christian interpretation of the relationship between Canaan and Jerusalem
· General website on the Bible
· Hittite & Hurrian Mythology
· Jewish Pagan Resource Page - Give it a chance!
· Map Very detailed with some explication
· Where is Canaan?
· Who's Who in the Hebrew Bible? (at least in the pentateuch)
· Why Noah cursed Canaan a Christian interpretation

· ABU SIMBEL
· African & African Diaspora links
· African Creation Stories *T*
· African Creation Stories - Another Evaluation *T*
· Africans in Asia - images
· African Mythology & Storytelling
· African Myths and Legends - South African focus
· Bibliography on African Traditional Religions Bibliography
· Africa Web Links An Annotated Resource List
· Akhentef's World - The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
· All Things Sekhmet Return to the faith...
· Ancient Egypt very thorough!
· Ancient Egypt: The Mythology
· Archaeology Links - North Africa
· Ancient Nile Webring
· Commonalities in African Mythology
· Coptic Egyptian Spell For a Man to obtain a Male Lover
· Egyptian Deities Nice Resource
· Gateway to Nubia - beautiful page!
· Influence of oral tradition upon modern African literature (Nigeria)
· Isis - The Black Virgin
· Kush - Jewel of Nubia
· Llama Links - Egyptology
· Magic & Mysteries of Ancient Egypt
· Mythological characters from many African cultures
· Neith
· Nubia - Introduction
· Nubia links
· Nubia - Press Release
· Nubia Salvage Project
· Nubia - Short Description
· Nubia - The Nile's Other Kingdom Time Magazine Article
· OrishaNet - an example of living mythology and spiritual traditions in the Americas today
· Papyrus of Ani : Egyptian Book of the Dead
· Pyramidal Chasm
· Queens of Egypt
· Research Central - Egypt List of Links for Egypt past and present
· Role of Women in Nubia
· Stele Ancient Egypt Message Board
· Tanzania's Epic Folklore
· Urban Legends of South Africa
· VhaVenda
· A little on Voudoun (Voodoo)
· Walk Like An Egyptian No, not the song. Sorry.
· Yahoo:Archaeology:Egyptology
· Yoruba (West Africa)
· Yoruba Creation Story *T*

· Greek Mythology Links
· Hellenic Cosmology - Hesiod *T*
· Hellenic Religion - Theogony *T*
· Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica: The Theogony *T*

· Abzu: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East
· Abzu Regional Index: Mesopotamia
· Ancient Sumerian Proverbs
· Archeology - Nippur Project
· Archeology - Sumer & Akkad
· Babyloniaca
· Babylonian Law - The Code of Hammurabi
· Bug Bios Insects in Mesopotamian Literature
· Descent of Inanna
· Enheduanna Research Pages
· Enheduanna's Hymnal Prayer to Inanna ~2000BCE
· Enki at the Dawn of Time
· Epic of Gilgamesh Outline
· Figure of Inanna (?)
· Gateways to Babylon
· Genesis The Origin of Genesis and the paradise myths
· Geography of Mesopotamia
· Gilgamesh NetRing
· Gilgamesh Summary from Washington State University
· Hymn to Shamash
· Inanna
· Inanna-Dumuzi page
· "Inanna, Lady of the Evening" translation
· Inanna & the huluppu tree
· Inanna Shrine
· Inanna's Promise to the Gallae
· Inanna The Opera Page
· Lament of the Flutes for Dumuzi
· Lexicon of Sumerian Logograms
· Lilith - oldest references
· Lilith pictures
· Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia
· Mesopotamia Virtual Classroom
· Prehistory-history in Ancient Near East Outline
· Priestesses of Inanna - Temple "prostitution"
· Shalom - Exploring the Ancient Near East Lots of Info. Here!! *T*
· Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh
· Sumer Geography and overview of history
· Sumerian Mythology good, basic overview
· Tammuz/Dummuzi
· Uruk, 3000 BCE
· Women's Lives in Mesopotamia
· Yahoo:/Ancient_History/Mesopotamia/