mythological text

A mythological text is a written work that records, interprets, or retells traditional myths, deities, and cosmological narratives of a culture, often explaining origins, values, and supernatural events.

Observed surface forms (9)

• ancient Egyptian funerary text ×2
• mythological narrative ×2
• ancient Mesopotamian literature ×1
• collection of myths ×1
• folk tale collection ×1
• primary source for Norse mythology ×1
• primary source on Shinto mythology ×1
• retelling of myth ×1
• source on Norse mythology ×1

Instances (11)

• The Arabian Nights via concept surface "folk tale collection"
• The Penelopiad via concept surface "retelling of myth"
• Kojiki
• Hesiod's Theogony
• Epic of Gilgamesh via concept surface "ancient Mesopotamian literature"
• Coffin Texts via concept surface "ancient Egyptian funerary text"
• Book of the Dead via concept surface "ancient Egyptian funerary text"
• Poetic Edda via concept surface "primary source for Norse mythology"
• Prose Edda via concept surface "source on Norse mythology"
• Heracles cycle via concept surface "collection of myths"
• judgment of Paris via concept surface "mythological narrative"
  surface form: Judgment of Paris