Earth Heritage · Reference Library
Field Guides to the World’s Mythologies
Thirteen traditions · what to look for in the land
Each guide gathers the principal figures, stories and symbols of one great tradition, with a note on what each might look like in a landscape. They are practice references for Earth Heritage work and for anyone who wants to carry Earth’s stories. Every guide can be saved as a PDF.
01
Korean
한국 신화
Korean Peninsula and Jeju
38 entries · 4 sections →
02
Chinese
中国神话
China and the Yellow and Yangtze river basins
20 entries · 4 sections →
03
Japanese
日本神話
The Japanese archipelago
20 entries · 4 sections →
04
Mongolian & Siberian
Монгол · Сибирь
Mongolia, Siberia and the North Asian steppe
20 entries · 4 sections →
05
Hindu
Purāṇa · Itihāsa
The Indian subcontinent
20 entries · 4 sections →
06
Mesopotamian
Sumer · Akkad · Babylon
The Tigris and Euphrates valleys
20 entries · 4 sections →
07
Egyptian
Kemet
The Nile Valley
20 entries · 4 sections →
08
Greek
Ελληνική μυθολογία
Greece, the Aegean and the Mediterranean
20 entries · 4 sections →
09
Norse
Norræn goðafræði
Scandinavia, Iceland and the North Atlantic
20 entries · 4 sections →
10
Celtic
Gaelic · Welsh · Breton
Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany and the Atlantic edge of Europe
20 entries · 4 sections →
11
Maya and Mesoamerican
K’iche’ Maya · Yucatec Maya · Nahuatl
Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras
20 entries · 4 sections →
12
West African
Yorùbá · Akan · Mande · Fon
Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Mali and the West African coast and Sahel
20 entries · 4 sections →
13
Polynesian
Māori · Hawaiian · Tahitian · Samoan · Tongan
Aotearoa New Zealand, Hawai‘i, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga and the islands of the Pacific triangle
20 entries · 4 sections →
The guides present widely published versions of each tradition. Many stories exist in several versions, and many belong to living peoples; each guide closes with a note on names, versions and respect.