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Topics, Definitions, & Themes in Ancient Mythology and Religion

Themes in ancient mythology and religion, especially creation and the flood. Also topics and definitions.
  1. Creation & Afterlife (45)
  2. Flood Myth (16)

Sun Gods in Ancient Mythology
Names of major sun gods of various world mythologies.

Abhidhamma
This is a 1911 encyclopedia entry on Abhidhamma. Adhidhamma is part of the tradition of Buddhism.

Early Christianity Glossary - Terms in Early Christianity
Glossary of terms and people connected with early Christianity.

Eschatology
Eschatology is the study of end times.

Qumran Glossary - Dead Sea Scrolls Qumran Glossary
Qumran is a region of the Dead Sea that yielded a treasure trove of Biblical documents.

Deitiy
For those who may be puzzled when they don't see the words gods and goddesses, here is a glossary entry on the word deity (plural, deities), which is far more convenient for tight word counts as well as being gender-neutral.

Henotheism
Henotheism is similar to monotheism.

Myth - Definition of a Myth
John Ruskin's 1869 definition of the word myth.

Sectarian
A glossary definition of sectarian.

Name of Hybrid Monster
Term for a creature in greek mythology that is half-human, half-animal. 

5 Ages of Man
The idea that there was an earlier age and a later age, possibly separated by a massive flood is not unique to the Greeks, but they had their own vision with five ages that Hesiod describes here.

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