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Philosophy

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This section contains 223 articles.

See also: Philosophers

Philosophical branches, approaches and concepts

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This section contains 167 articles.

Ethics

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This section contains 42 articles.

  1. Ethics (Level 2)
Concepts
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This section contains 21 articles.

  1. Conscience (Level 4)
  2. Duty
  3. Free will (Level 3)
  4. Golden Rule (Level 4)
  5. Good and evil (Level 3)
    1. Good
    2. Evil
    3. Harm
  6. Is–ought problem (Level 4)
  7. Morality (Level 4)
    1. Secular ethics
    2. Secular morality
  8. Norm (philosophy)
  9. Plagiarism (Level 4)
  10. Principle
  11. Sanctity of life
  12. Value (ethics and social sciences) (Level 4)
  13. Vice
  14. Virtue (Level 4)
    1. Cardinal virtues
  15. Wisdom (Level 4)
Approaches
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This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Applied ethics
    1. Bioethics
    2. Environmental ethics
      1. Anthropocentrism
      2. Biocentrism (ethics)
    3. Macroethics and microethics
  2. Normative ethics
    1. Consequentialism (Level 4)
      1. Utilitarianism (Level 4)
        1. Act utilitarianism
        2. Rule utilitarianism
    2. Deontology (Level 4)
      1. Divine command theory
      2. Kantian ethics
    3. Virtue ethics
      1. Aristotelian ethics
  3. Humanism (Level 4)
  4. Metaethics
  5. Nihilism (Level 4)
  6. Moral relativism

Logic

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This section contains 22 articles.

  1. Logic (Level 2)
  2. Argument (Level 4)
  3. A priori and a posteriori (Level 4)
  4. Choice
  5. Logical consequence
  6. Contingency (philosophy)
  7. Deductive reasoning (Level 4)
  8. Fallacy (Level 4)
    1. Formal fallacy
  9. Inductive reasoning (Level 4)
    1. Problem of induction
  10. Inference (Level 4)
  11. Dialectic (Level 4)
    1. Socratic method (Level 4)
  12. Paradox (Level 4)
    1. Epimenides paradox
    2. Zeno's paradoxes
  13. Philosophical logic
    1. Informal logic
    2. Bias
  14. Preference
  15. Syllogism

Epistemology

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This section contains 31 articles.

  1. Epistemology (Level 3)
Concepts
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This section contains 24 articles.

  1. Belief (Level 3)
  2. Common sense (Level 4)
  3. Concept (Level 4)
  4. Criticism
  5. Evidence
  6. Experience (Level 4)
  7. Idea
  8. Ineffability
  9. Inquiry
  10. Knowledge (Level 2)
  11. Luck
  12. Opinion (Level 4)
  13. Paradigm (Level 4)
  14. Proposition
    1. Premise
  15. Rationality
  16. Reason (Level 3)
  17. Simulation hypothesis
  18. Thought experiment (Level 4)
  19. Truth (Level 3)
    1. Truth value
  20. Worldview (Level 4)
    1. Life stance
  21. Uncertainty
Approaches
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This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Empiricism (Level 4)
  2. Holism
  3. Naturalism (philosophy) (Level 4)
  4. Occam's razor (Level 4)
  5. Rationalism (Level 4)
  6. Reductionism (Level 4)

Metaphysics

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This section contains 30 articles.

  1. Metaphysics (Level 3)
Concepts
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This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Abstraction (Level 4)
  2. Allegory of the cave
  3. Atomism
  4. Causality
  5. Cosmos
  6. Damage
  7. Existence (Level 4)
    1. Meaning of life
  8. Liminality
  9. Mental representation (Level 4)
  10. Nondualism
  11. Nothing
    1. The Void (philosophy)
  12. Ontology (Level 3)
  13. Other (philosophy)
  14. Problem of universals
  15. Quality (philosophy)
  16. Reality (Level 4)
  17. Self
  18. Theory of mind
Approaches
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This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Determinism (Level 4)
  2. Idealism (Level 4)
  3. Materialism (Level 4)
  4. Dialectical materialism
    1. Physicalism
  5. Metaphysical naturalism
  6. Monism (Level 4)
  7. Mind–body dualism (Level 4)
  8. Relativism (Level 4)

Aesthetics

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This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Aesthetics (Level 3)
  2. Beauty (Level 4)
  3. Essentially contested concept
  4. Mimesis
  5. Perfection
  6. Picturesque
  7. Sublime (philosophy)
  8. Uncanny valley

Philosophy of language

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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Philosophy of language (Level 4)
  2. Language game (philosophy)
  3. Meaning (philosophy) (Level 4)

Philosophy of science

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This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Deductive-nomological model
  2. Demarcation problem
  3. Fact (Level 4)
  4. Fallibilism
  5. Falsifiability
  6. Hypothesis (Level 4)
  7. Inductivism
  8. Natural philosophy (Level 4)
  9. Pseudoscience (Level 4)
    1. Cryptozoology
    2. Parapsychology (Level 4)
      1. Telepathy
  10. Scientific skepticism
  11. Theory (Level 4)

Post-modern theory

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This section contains 1 article.

  1. Deconstruction

Philosophy of religion

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This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Philosophy of religion (Level 4)
  2. Existence of God
    1. Cosmological argument
    2. Ontological argument
    3. Teleological argument
  3. Theodicy
    1. Problem of evil

Other branches of philosophy

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This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Environmental philosophy
  2. Philosophy of history
    1. Modernization theory
  3. Philosophy of mathematics (Level 4)
  4. Philosophy of mind (Level 4)
    1. Qualia
  5. Philosophy of science (Level 3)
  6. Political philosophy (Level 4)
  7. Social philosophy

Religion and spirituality

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This section contains 168 articles.

See also: Philosophers and Religious figures

Basics

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This section contains 19 articles.

  1. Religion (Level 2)
  2. Comparative religion (Level 4)
  3. Ethnic religion
  4. Evolutionary origin of religion
  5. Faith and rationality
  6. Folk religion (Level 4)
  7. Morality and religion
  8. Mysticism (Level 4)
  9. Occult
  10. Relationship between religion and science
  11. Religious studies
  12. Religious violence
    1. Religious violence in India
  13. Secularization
  14. Theology (Level 4)
    1. Ecotheology
    2. Exegesis
    3. Feminist theology
  15. Theories about religion

Deity

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This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Deity (Level 2)
    1. God (Level 3)
    2. Conceptions of God
    3. Goddess (Level 4)
      1. Mother goddess
    4. Creator deity
    5. Demigod
    6. Sky deity
    7. Solar deity
    8. Vegetation deity
  2. Divinity

Practices

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This section contains 41 articles.

  1. Adoration
  2. Asceticism
  3. Cult (religious practice)
  4. Fasting (Level 4)
  5. Celibacy (Level 4)
  6. Speaking in tongues
  7. Heresy (Level 4)
  8. Hermit
  9. Icon (Level 4)
  10. Iconoclasm (Level 4)
  11. Idolatry (Level 4)
  12. Liturgy (Level 4)
  13. Martyr
  14. Meditation (Level 3)
  15. Monk
  16. Pilgrimage (Level 4)
  17. Prayer (Level 3)
  18. Prophecy (Level 4)
    1. Oracle
    2. Prophet
    3. False prophet
  19. Proselytism
  20. Relic (Level 4)
  21. Religious conversion (Level 4)
  22. Religious ecstasy
  23. Revelation
  24. Ritual (Level 3)
    1. Fertility rite
    2. Rite of passage
    3. Sacrifice (Level 4)
      1. Human sacrifice
  25. Saint (Level 4)
  26. Faith healing
  27. Spiritual practice
  28. Tithe
  29. Trance
  30. Veneration
    1. Veneration of the dead (Level 4)
  31. Vision (spirituality)
  32. Worship (Level 4)
  33. Retreat (spiritual)

Beliefs

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This section contains 31 articles.

  1. Animism (Level 4)
  2. Apologetics (Level 4)
  3. Apostasy (Level 4)
  4. Astrology (Level 4)
    1. Astrological sign
    2. Chinese zodiac
    3. Chaos (cosmogony)
  5. Blessing
  6. Creationism
    1. Intelligent design
  7. Creation myth (Level 4)
  8. Doctrine
  9. Curse (Level 4)
  10. Divination (Level 4)
  11. Eschatology (Level 4)
  12. Faith (Level 4)
  13. Magic (supernatural) (Level 4)
    1. Black magic
    2. Energy (esotericism)
    3. Necromancy
    4. Thaumaturgy
    5. Theurgy
    6. Witchcraft (Level 4)
  14. Origin myth (Level 4)
  15. Religious experience (Level 4)
  16. Sacredness (Level 4)
  17. Spirituality (Level 3)
  18. Supernatural (Level 4)
  19. Superstition (Level 4)
  20. Theophany
  21. Totem (Level 4)

Death

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This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Burial (Level 4)
  2. Cemetery (Level 4)
  3. Columbarium
  4. Cremation (Level 4)
  5. Crypt
  6. Funeral (Level 4)
  7. Funeral home
  8. Mausoleum
  9. Morgue
  10. Mummy (Level 4)

Afterlife

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This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Afterlife (Level 3)
  2. Heaven (Level 4)
  3. Hell (Level 4)
  4. Reincarnation (Level 4)
  5. Resurrection (Level 4)
  6. Soul (Level 3)
  7. Spirit (animating force)
  8. Underworld

Institutions

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This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Altar (Level 4)
  2. Anti-clericalism (Level 4)
  3. Bishop
    1. Diocese
  4. Blasphemy
  5. Creed (Level 4)
  6. Cult (Level 4)
  7. Missionary
  8. Monastery (Level 4)
  9. Priest (Level 4)
  10. Religious denomination
  11. Schism (Level 4)
  12. Sect (Level 4)
  13. Shrine
  14. State religion (Level 4)
  15. Temple (Level 4)

Theistic philosophies

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This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Theism (Level 4)
  2. Deism (Level 4)
    1. Christian deism
    2. Pandeism
  3. Fundamentalism (Level 4)
  4. Monotheism (Level 4)
  5. Orthodoxy (Level 4)
  6. Paganism (Level 4)
  7. Panentheism (Level 4)
  8. Polytheism (Level 4)
  9. Syncretism (Level 4)

Pantheism and nontheistic religions

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This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Pantheism (Level 4)
  2. Nontheistic religion

Non-theistic philosophies

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This section contains 19 articles.

  1. Atheism (Level 3)
    1. Demographics of atheism
    2. Negative and positive atheism
    3. New Atheism
  2. Agnosticism (Level 4)
  3. Antitheism
  4. Criticism of religion
    1. Parody religion
    2. Russell's teapot
  5. Freethought (Level 4)
  6. Irreligion
  7. Nontheism
  8. Secularism (Level 3)
    1. Secularism in France
    2. Secular education
    3. Secularity
    4. Separation of church and state
      1. Separation of church and state in the United States
  9. Secular humanism

Abrahamic religions

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This section contains 375 articles.

Basics

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This section contains 20 articles.

Books of the Bible

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This section contains 70 articles.

Christianity

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This section contains 158 articles.

Basics

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This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Christendom
  2. Christians
  3. Church (congregation) (Level 4)
    1. National church
  4. Criticism of Christianity

Theology

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This section contains 52 articles.

  1. Biblical hermeneutics
  2. Born again
    1. Sinner's prayer
  3. Catholicity (Level 4)
    1. Catholic social teaching
    2. Purgatory (Level 4)
  4. Christian eschatology
    1. Apocalyptic literature
    2. Rapture
    3. Great Tribulation
    4. Second Coming (Level 4)
    5. Armageddon
    6. Millennialism
    7. Last Judgment
    8. New Earth (Christianity)
  5. Christian mission
    1. Great Commission
  6. Fall of man
    1. Original sin
    2. Seven deadly sins
    3. Mortal sin
    4. Venial sin
    5. Indulgence
    6. Contrition
  7. Christian ethics
    1. Good works
    2. Modesty
    3. Christian pacifism
    4. Unconditional love
    5. Charity (Christian virtue)
    6. Agape
    7. Great Commandment
  8. Five solae
  9. The gospel
    1. Televangelism
  10. Grace in Christianity (Level 4)
  11. Justification (theology)
  12. Kingdom of God (Christianity)
  13. Life of Jesus
    1. Chronology of Jesus
    2. Nativity of Jesus
    3. Ministry of Jesus
    4. Last Supper
    5. Crucifixion of Jesus
    6. Resurrection of Jesus
  14. Restorationism
  15. Sacred tradition
  16. Spiritual gift
  17. Trinity (Level 4)
    1. God the Father
    2. God the Son
    3. Holy Spirit in Christianity

Denominations

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This section contains 57 articles.

  1. Christian denomination
  2. Catholic Church (Level 3)
    1. Celtic Christianity
    2. Eastern Catholic Churches (Level 4)
    3. Pope (Level 4)
    4. Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
    5. Roman Curia
    6. College of Cardinals
  3. Eastern Christianity (Level 4)
    1. Eastern Orthodox Church (Level 3)
      1. Eastern Orthodoxy
      2. Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
      3. Greek Orthodox Church
      4. Russian Orthodox Church (Level 4)
    2. Oriental Orthodox Churches (Level 4)
      1. Armenian Apostolic Church
      2. Coptic Orthodox Church (Level 4)
      3. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (Level 4)
  4. Protestantism (Level 3)
    1. Anabaptism
      1. Amish
      2. Schwarzenau Brethren
      3. Hutterites
      4. Mennonites
    2. Anglicanism (Level 4)
      1. Church of England
        1. Archbishop of Canterbury
    3. Arminianism (Level 4)
    4. Baptists (Level 4)
      1. Free Will Baptist
      2. Southern Baptist Convention
    5. Black church
    6. Charismatic Christianity
      1. Pentecostalism (Level 4)
    7. Evangelicalism (Level 4)
    8. Lutheranism (Level 4)
    9. Mainline Protestant
    10. Methodism (Level 4)
      1. United Methodist Church
      2. African Methodist Episcopal Church
    11. Moravian Church
    12. Reformed Christianity (Level 4)
      1. Congregationalism
      2. Continental Reformed Protestantism
      3. Presbyterianism
    13. Quakers (Level 4)
      1. Shakers
    14. Seventh-day Adventist Church (Level 4)
  5. Nontrinitarianism (Level 4)
    1. Arianism
    2. Jehovah's Witnesses (Level 4)
    3. Mormonism (Level 4)
      1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
      2. Book of Mormon
    4. Socinianism
    5. Unitarianism (Level 4)
      1. Unitarian Universalism

Practices

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This section contains 44 articles.

  1. Christian culture
  2. Christian mysticism
    1. Hesychasm
  3. Christian prayer
    1. Apostles' Creed
    2. Jesus Prayer
    3. Lectio Divina
    4. Lord's Prayer (Level 4)
    5. Rosary
  4. Church (building) (Level 4)
    1. Basilica
    2. Cathedral
    3. Chapel
  5. Christian monasticism
    1. Benedictines
    2. Dominican Order
    3. Franciscans
    4. Order of Saint Augustine
    5. Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg)
    6. Jesuits
      1. Ignatian spirituality
    7. Rule of Saint Benedict
      1. Ora et labora
  6. Church service
    1. Christian liturgy
    2. Church music
    3. Mass in the Catholic Church
    4. Nicene Creed
    5. Sermon
  7. Ecumenism (Level 4)
  8. Liturgical year
  9. Sacrament
    1. Anointing of the sick
    2. Baptism (Level 4)
    3. Confirmation
    4. Eucharist (Level 4)
    5. Holy orders
    6. Sacrament of Penance
  10. Christian symbolism
    1. Alpha and Omega
    2. Chi Rho
    3. Christian cross
      1. Crucifix
    4. Ichthys

Judaism

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This section contains 37 articles.

Islam

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This section contains 90 articles.

Eastern religions

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This section contains 183 articles.

Basics

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This section contains 29 articles.

Major religions

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This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Indian religions
    1. Hinduism (Level 3)
    2. Buddhism (Level 3)
    3. Jainism (Level 3)
    4. Sikhism (Level 3)
  2. Taoism (Level 3)
  3. Shinto (Level 3)
  4. Manichaeism (Level 4)

Common concepts

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This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Ahimsa
  2. Dharma (Level 4)
  3. Guru
  4. Karma (Level 4)
  5. Mandala
  6. Moksha
  7. Om (Level 4)
  8. Qi (Level 4)
  9. Saṃsāra
  10. Śramaṇa
  11. Swastika (Level 4)
  12. Yin and yang (Level 4)
  13. Impermanence
  14. Anattā
  15. Śūnyatā
  16. Svabhava

Common practices

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This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Bhajan
  2. Mantra (Level 4)
  3. Tantra (Level 4)
  4. Yoga (Level 4)
  5. Phowa

Hinduism

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This section contains 32 articles.

Buddhism

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This section contains 98 articles.

Jainism

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This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Pravachanasara
  2. Tattvartha Sutra
  3. Digambara
  4. Śvetāmbara
  5. Tirthankara

Other

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This section contains 19 articles.

Sikhism

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This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Guru Granth Sahib (Level 4)
  2. Golden Temple (Level 4)
  3. Gurdwara
  4. Sikh gurus

Taoism

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This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Tao
    1. De (Chinese)
  2. Taoist diet
  3. Three Treasures (Taoism)
Books
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This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Daozang
  2. Tao Te Ching (Level 4)
  3. Zhuangzi (book) (Level 4)

Shinto

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This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Association of Shinto Shrines
  2. Ema (Shinto)
  3. Harae
  4. Kagura
  5. Kojiki (Level 4)
  6. Misogi
  7. Shinto shrine

Bon

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This section contains 1 article.

  1. Bon

Other religions

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This section contains 79 articles.

Other religions: General

[edit]

This section contains 24 articles.

Ancient religions

[edit]

This section contains 24 articles.

Western esotericism

[edit]

This section contains 13 articles.

New religious movements

[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

Mythology

[edit]

This section contains 406 articles.

Mythology: General

[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

By culture and religion

[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

Mythological figures

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This section contains 240 articles.

Abrahamic and Judaic mythology

[edit]

This section contains 49 articles.

African mythology

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

Australian aborigine mythology

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

Buddhist mythology

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

Canaanite mythology

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

Carthaginian mythology

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This section contains 1 article.

Celtic mythology

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

Central Asian mythology

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

Chinese mythology

[edit]

This section contains 10 articles.

Egyptian mythology

[edit]

This section contains 22 articles.

Germanic mythology

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

Greek and Roman mythology

[edit]

This section contains 51 articles.

Hindu mythology

[edit]

This section contains 25 articles.

Islamic mythology

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

Jainist mythology

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

Indo-Iranian mythology

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

Korean mythology

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

Mesopotamian mythology

[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

Native American mythology

[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

Norse mythology

[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

Polynesian mythology

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

Shinto mythology

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

Zoroastrian mythology

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

Mythological creatures

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This section contains 100 articles.

Legendary creatures

[edit]

This section contains 93 articles.

Mythological places

[edit]

This section contains 23 articles.

Mythological objects

[edit]

This section contains 10 articles.