What we have attempted to do on this web site is what
the elders of each Nation have done throughout the
centuries. A collection of various
stories from as many countries as we could find in
libraries, from old books and yes, from new ones as
well. We searched the archives of countries, museums
and art collections. People have sent us
stories from many places about their own home
country's myths and folklore.
What is a myth? Myths
are stories of the gods and of godlike heroes. They
tell of the beginning of our earth and our creation,
of life and death, and destruction. They
explain the how and the why of life.
We use the word fable (from
the Greek word muthus meaning myth.). A fable is a
story given to recreate what mankind has always
thought to be the creation of our world. The core of
a fable is truth, as is the core of a myth
The Ancient Greek, Egyptians,
Chinese and many more gave us such a colourful
background and most of our present day belief systems
date back to those Myths.
Each "tribe" keeping
their secret stories, for disclosure would mean the
end of the world. One person's myth is someone else's
religious belief system. We must therefore honour all
the stories handed down to us throughout history for
much has been lost.
If when perusing these pages
you find a story that you know and is
missing, we would be delighted if you will
help us regain lost history and place the story on
this site. You will find our e-mail buttons on the
index page of this site.
Your
journey begins here
Back to Myths & Other
Stories Home Page
Research Sources:
- LaRousse
Encyclopedia
- Illustrated
book of Myths
- National
Geographic
- Bullfinches
Mythology
- Greek
Mythology
- Celtic
Inspirational writings
- Many other
books from the Library
- Our own
collection from South America
- The Greek
Gods
- The
Collection of Egyptian Mythology
NOTE:Disclaimer : Should
any story be involved in copyright, and not
allowed here, we will immediately remove it, upon
proper notification! Since the source of our
stories is not always known we have attempted to
avoid breaking the copyright law. However we
believe that every man, woman and child has the
RIGHT to read them as well as the privilege.
