Flash movies by Spanish artist Nuria Juncosa
(These may take up to half an hour to download if you're not on Broadband - but they last about four minutes each and are beautifully produced. Have your sound turned up. They play as soon as they are fully downloaded.)
www.la-nuria.com/europa.htm
Tells the story of Europa's rape by Zeus.
www.la-nuria.com/leda.htm
Tells the story of Leda and the Swan.
For German speakers
www.mythologie-am-sternenhimmel.de
A German-language site focusing on astronomical constellations and the myths surrounding their names. Constellations covered include Taurus, Gemini, Orion and Cassiopeia.
The Celts and their myths, druidry
Simon James
www.ares.u-net.com/convent.htm
Fascinating website from Simon James, professor of archaeology and author
of the controversial The Atlantic Celts. Gives the traditional
view of the Celts, followed by a rather different one based on relatively
recent archaeology.
www.knowth.com
Interesting and well-illustrated site giving information and links relating
to the burial mounds and other features of the Boyne Valley, including
Howth, Knowth, Newgrange and Tara. Now has aerial views.
www.leithes.co.uk
The site of Alexander Leithes, author of a novel based on Irish myths
and legends centred on the character of Mananan MacLir (available on
Amazon). Articles, stories and useful links to other mythological resources.
http://druidry.org
The website of OBOD - the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. Information on Druidism, tree lore, sacred groves, Stonehenge - and a magical cyber-journey.
www.tallyessin.com
The site of poet, storyteller, teacher, author, bard Kevan Manwaring.
Celtic festivals
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~kevrenor/cca1.htm
Native American culture and myths
Karen M. Strom, Voyage to Another Universe
www.hanksville.org/voyage/index.html
Conceived as a web book, this is a wonderful resource for information
on the Navajo.
Chinese myths and philosophy
www.donet.com/~rwithman/Chinese_Mythology.htm
A colourful and informative site. Includes an encyclopedia of Chinese
myths, and '100 Celebrated Chinese Women'.
General mythology (including magazines)
Parabola Magazine
www.parabola.org
Website of the prestigious magazine of myth and mystery, which worked
with Joseph Campbell to produce his series of cassette tapes on mythology.
Storyfest Journal
www.storyfest.com/storyfestjournal.html
An interesting site put together by Bob and Kelly Wilhelm, who
are influenced by Jung and Campbell. Contains myths and stories, as
well as details of their print magazine, and of their storytelling journeys.
The Joseph Campbell Foundation
www.jcf.org
Ambitious and imaginative site dedicated to furthering the mythological
work of Joseph Campbell.
Castle Books
www.castlebooks.com
Offers articles, interviews, lesson plans and e-books relating to Joseph
Campbell and the Hero, and to the mythical archetypes in films (Star
Wars, The Wizard of Oz and The Matrix).
Diana Grace-Jones
www.storyaction.org.uk
Diana teaches the meaning of fairy tales at Birkbeck College, London and takes the enactment of myths and storytelling into primary schools.
Kevan Manwaring
www.tallyessin.com
Kevan is a storyteller, bard and author.
Astrology
Nicholas Campion
www.nickcampion.com
The origins of astrology are closely related to mythology, in that the
characters of the Greek gods are identified with the planets. This informative
and interactive site describes the history of astrology and explains
how the planets relate to each other and to the the zodiac.
Publishers
O Books
www.o-books.net
Claire's publisher: 'Our main aim is to publish books on the spiritual search, exploring world religions and different traditions in some depth and make them accessible to a general readership.'
Awen Publications
www.awenpublications.co.uk
Publishers of boundary-pushing
fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. |
