Topics for Research in Mythology, W02

At first what appears on this page are only suggestions: Ideas and topics are not yet reserved for any individual, but there may have been some informal discussion.
How to choose a topic? The quest: find a magic key that unlocks the enormous, all-encompassing castle of mythology, a construction that encompasses all of time and space.

One way is to look around -- choose an element from the natural world -- snow, cloud, air, tree, rain and so on.

A living thing/animal, a distinctive kind of person, a characteristic or part of the body might also work.

For people who are ready for a slightly more advanced approach, look at a map of the region -- an authoritative book (such as your textbook) and consider the chapter headings/categories.

Level three? a concept used in discussing mythology: oral tradition, motif, archetype

Student Topics

Not in alphabetic order at first; later, maybe. NB Your keyword may not always be mine, so scan the whole list!

key to signs: * = essential item (omission will result in inadequacy.)
A - F G - L M -S T- Z unfiled

**key to signs**: * = essential item (omission will result in inadequacy.)
A - F	G - L	M -S	T- Z	unfiled

Monsters Among Us:
See also (on reserve:) Lowry's Familiar Mysteries, * "Images of Chaos"
TERATOGEN -- from linguistic roots meaning 'producer of monsters'. http://teratology.org/jfs/teratologyindex.html (See left menu: history)

some [external] physical factors contributing to it: http://www.wisc.edu/fasscreening/teratogen1.htm

*A. Dillard's NYTimes review of Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation, fourth edition, by Kenneth Lyons Jones, M.D., with the attitudes of various [contemporary] religions on the matter of variance in human form.

Aboriginal Peoples/First Nations/Native American/Indians "pantheon"

Aboriginal spirituality: (Don't let the type of web site scare you off.)
So you want feathers, scalps, war dances, pow-wow, pipes, and so on?
Visit the Plains Cree (incl Salteaux, Ojibway) at http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/Plains_Cree/index-e.html

Kachinas (katsina): (North American aboriginal) Images of Spirits

Tradition is famous via the *Hopi, but other cultures have this or similar tradition. Cf. False Face societies among 'Iroquois' peoples -> Navajo -> ...

clues to the Jesuit impact: http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/drsw/adjhi/index.html

Huronia: Whatever became of the great Huron nation? What was its mythology?

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8962/facthuro.html This and other information on aboriginal history and culture from the comprehensive Reader's Digest publication, Through Indian Eyes.

Incorruptible Body

Rose Prince, for example

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