mythological text
C1813
concept
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.
All labels observed (31)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mythological narrative | 25 |
| mythological text canonical | 14 |
| mythological poem | 11 |
| ancient Egyptian funerary text | 9 |
| folk tale collection | 7 |
| retelling of the Ramayana | 4 |
| mythographical work | 3 |
| mythological tale | 3 |
| mythology book | 2 |
| Babylonian mythological text | 1 |
| Ganesha Purana text | 1 |
| Hindu mythological tale | 1 |
| Orphic text | 1 |
| Puranic narrative | 1 |
| ancient Egyptian mythological narrative | 1 |
| ancient Greek religious text | 1 |
| ancient Mesopotamian literature | 1 |
| collection of myths | 1 |
| cosmogonic text | 1 |
| cosmogonical text | 1 |
| legendary text | 1 |
| mythological chronicle | 1 |
| mythological drama | 1 |
| mythological epic | 1 |
| mythological handbook | 1 |
| mythological love poetry | 1 |
| mythological saga | 1 |
| primary source for Norse mythology | 1 |
| primary source on Shinto mythology | 1 |
| retelling of myth | 1 |
| source on Norse mythology | 1 |
Instances (95)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Leda and the Swan | mythological narrative |
| Savitrī and Satyavan | Hindu mythological tale |
| Story of Shakuntala | mythological tale |
| Caterpillar Dreaming | mythological narrative |
| myth of King Nisus | mythological narrative |
| abduction of Persephone | mythological narrative |
| Ramcharitmanas | retelling of the Ramayana |
| Samudra Manthan | Puranic narrative |
| Genealogy of the Pagan Gods | mythographical work |
| Orphic Hymns | ancient Greek religious text |
| Mudgala Purana | Ganesha Purana text |
| Yayati ani Devyani | mythological drama |
| The Arabian Nights | folk tale collection |
| Destruction of Mankind myth | — |
| Record of Ancient Matters | — |
| House of Atreus myth cycle | mythological narrative |
| Enuma Elish | Babylonian mythological text |
| The Penelopiad | retelling of myth |
| Inanna and the Huluppu Tree | mythological tale |
| legend of Kawa the Blacksmith | mythological narrative |
| Brothers Grimm fairy tales | folk tale collection |
| Emerald Tablet | legendary text |
| Book of Coming Forth by Day | ancient Egyptian funerary text |
| Spell 125 | ancient Egyptian funerary text |
| Kojiki | — |
| Contendings of Horus and Set | ancient Egyptian mythological narrative |
| Amduat | ancient Egyptian funerary text |
| Ugaritic Baal Cycle | mythological epic |
| Hesiod's Theogony | — |
| Fabulae | mythological handbook |
| De Astronomica | mythographical work |
| Vafþrúðnismál | mythological poem |
| Lokasenna | mythological poem |
| Baldrs draumar | mythological poem |
| Völuspá | mythological poem |
| Grímnismál | mythological poem |
| Gylfaginning | — |
| Þrymskviða | mythological poem |
| Hymiskviða | mythological poem |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | ancient Mesopotamian literature |
| Metamorphōsēs | mythological poem |
|
English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs
surface form:
English Fairy Tales
|
folk tale collection |
| Eesti rahva ennemuistsed jutud | folk tale collection |
| Book of Gates | ancient Egyptian funerary text |
| Hawaiian creation chants | — |
| Dangun myth | mythological narrative |
| Ramayana (Tamil retelling) | retelling of the Ramayana |
| Dismemberment of Sati’s body | mythological narrative |
| Atreid saga | mythological saga |
| La Galigo epic | — |