Myths and Legends

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**Lord of battles**

Does anyone know any good myths or legends, I have to find some good ones for school, mostly to do with celtic/roman/greek stuff, with gods and battles.
I tried googleing and searching wikipidia but there is so much information XD
Thanks in advance!

**Orkestra**

Hmm, good ones with 'gods and battles'.

Ahh, here's one that's fairly well known.

Try "The Iliad" and "the Odyssey", two well known epic sagas by the poet Homer.

They detail a pretty important period in the Mediterranean, when (through the actions of the Gods, and some silly mortals) King Agamemnon united the Greeks to go sail in a huge fleet to kick some Trojan butt. This is, of course, where the Trojan Horse comes from, (and, from that, a well known brand of contraceptives). It's hard to go wrong.

Also, as silly as it sounds, try finding yourself a 'children's book of Greek Mythology'. Something of the sort, especially if it's large and yellow, will give you a wealth of knowledge on the subject.

Good luck.

**Ahtman**

I wonder if part of the point of the assignment was to learn how to find this stuff. NAW, couldn't have been.

You could always go off the grid and look at Chinese, Native American, or Aboriginal sacred stories.

**avantgarde**

You have a Space Wolves avatar and you're not looking up Norse mythology.

**Lord of battles**

well like 12 other guys are doing norse mythology but i would have done it if not for that XD

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Plus my family is from england, scotland, wales, and ireland plus pretty much all of northern europe, so i have celtic blood flowing through me

**Frazzled**

Look up Aztec, Inca, or Mayan fables. They are pretty cool. if a bit bloody.

**Shane**

If you're looking for something no one else is doing, maybe check out Perseus or Bellerophon. Those guys don't get enough credit these days. Beowulf and Siegfried are both interesting, if you don't mind straying a bit into their regions.

Other favorites include Anansi (West African) and Coyote (Native American), though as trickster gods their tales are less stacked with war stories.

**malfred**

Easy enough to find with google these days. Give it a try.

**darkkt**

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=myths+legends+gods+battles

**warpcrafter**

look up Queen Boudica, the leader of the Celts. She fought the Romans. She lost, but then again, that was when the Roman Legions were at their peak. Whatever you do, stay away from all that King Arthur crap, it's become to muddled by Hollywood.

**dogma**

There are some pretty good Mongolian myths; especially the ones about Temejin.

**Da Boss**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_De_Danann
Is a reasonably good starting point for Irish mythology.
Also handy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_mythology
Follow some links, there's a wealth of information. Just a warning, Wiki is good for general knowledge, you should use it to look at what to look at and then get your real sources from proper books and so on.
Good luck, sounds like a fun project.

A similar search for Welsh or Saxon myths would work too, btw.

**BrookM**

American author Thomas Bulfinch wrote an excellent book on myths and the such, a fine read.

**HellsGuardian316**

Well, considering your background, suprised the "Giants Causeway" wasn't an instance idea

Story about two Giants, one from Ireland and one from scotland who build a giant path so they can cross and fight, the scotish giant loses and rips up the causeway as he flee's back to scotland

**Gitzbitah**

+1 for Bulfinch's Mythology! It is truly the one stop shop for myths and legends.

If you're after Irish legends, try 'Irish Fairy and Folk Tales' by W.B. Yeats. He recorded the tales as he heard them while touring the Irish countryside. You won't find many 'gods', but you will find a host of the Gentry and other supernatural beings.

**Empchild**

The content women!!!! Now thats a myth!

**malfred**

Empchild wrote:The content women!!!! Now thats a myth!

What kind of content do these women write?