Mythology

Those who can't remember mythology are doomed to repeat it.

Mythology has gotten a bum rap in the modern age because of its outlandish and unbelievable imagery. But what appears to be its greatest weakness is actually its greatest strength. Before the existence of books the only way to make sure something was remembered was to make use of memory aids. The simplest way to make something memorable was to make it outlandish. See Method of loci.

Even numbers can be made memorable by associating each number with an element or an object. For example the 1st day becomes the day of air.

Mythology

Mythology:
Aztec Bible All-Human Forbidden fruit (Electricity) Day-year principle Dual fulfillment Two Jesuses Gospel harmony Crucifixion of Jesus Genesis Revelation Beast/666 Spirits Sex outside marriage Book of Enoch Canaanite Chinese Pangu Great Flood	Egyptian Book of the Dead Greek Hyperion Golden Fleece Atlantis Hawaiian Hindu (extremely difficult) Karma Rebirth	Ho-Chunk Earthmaker Inca Japanese Mayan Navajo Norse Ymir Æsir (Ice-dwellers) Sumerian King list

Cosmology

But beware. Being happy all the time will make you very sick.

A basic classification of types of gods

See also: Wikipedia:List of deities by classification

A basic classification of types of gods is given by Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature:

• A0 Creator (not a god)
• A100—A199. The gods in general
  • A101. Supreme god
  • A104. The making of gods
  • A107. Gods of darkness and light (darkness thought of as evil, light as good)
  • A109.1. Triple deity
  • A116. Triplet gods
  • A111.1. Mother of the gods
  • A111.2. Father of the gods
  • A117.5. Gods are spirits of deified dead
  • A131. Gods with animal features
    • A132.3. Equine god (goddess)
    • A132.5. Bear-god (goddess)
    • A132.9. Bull-god
  • A161.2. King of the gods
  • A177.1. God as dupe or trickster
  • A192. Death or departure of the gods
  • A193. Resurrection of gods
• A200—A299. Gods of the upper world
  • A210. Sky-god
  • A220. Sun-god
  • A240. Moon-god
  • A250. Star-god
  • A260. Light
  • A270. Dawn
  • A280. Weather-god
    • A281. Storm-god
    • A282. Wind-god
    • A284. God of thunder
    • A287. Rain-god
• A300—A399. Gods of the underworld
  • A310. God of the world of the dead
  • A311. Conductor of the dead
• A400—A499. Gods of the earth (human sphere)
  • A400. Earth
  • A401. Mother Earth
  • A405. Nature
  • A410. Local gods
  • A411. Household gods
  • A415. God of clans or nations
  • A420. Water
  • A421. Sea
  • A425. River
  • A417. Springs
  • A430. Vegetation
  • A431. Fertility
  • A435. Trees and forests
  • A440. Animals
  • A450. trades and professions
    • A451. Artisan-god
    • A452. Hunting
    • A454. Healing
  • A460. Gods of abstractions (also Z110. Abstractions personified)
    • A461. Wisdom
    • A463. Fate
      • A463.1. The Fates (goddesses who preside over the fates of men)
    • A464. Justice
    • A465. God of the arts
    • A472. Sleep
    • A473. Wealth
    • A475. Love
    • A484. Oath
    • A485. War
    • A486. The Furies (goddesses of vengeance)
    • A487. Death
  • A490. Miscellaneous gods of the earth
    • A491. God of travelers
    • A493. God of fire
• A500—A599. Demigods and culture heroes