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Mythology - Research Articles
Severing Heaven and Earth: The Cosmic Split in Mythology
A comprehensive exploration of the mythic motif of Heaven and Earth being severed or separated, as seen in ancient Hurro-Hittite epics and other world creation myths.
Lucifer and the Fettered Fire‑Trickster Motif
Tables & citations showing how scholars slot Lucifer beside Loki, Prometheus, and other bound rebel‑gods.
Earliest Snake Art by Continent
Timeline comparing the earliest known depictions of snakes on each continent, from Tsodilo Hills to Amazon rock murals.
What’s In A Name? The Deluge Lexical Hypothesis
Survey of the unique lexemes cultures coined for the Great Flood—and, rarer still, for the age before it—spanning Sumer to Māori, Hebrew to Quechua.
Reconciling Darwin and Genesis: A Hegelian Synthesis of Evolution and Myth
Integrating Darwinian evolution with ancient creation myths to trace the physical and psychological origins of humanity.
Flood Myths
A comprehensive global survey of flood myths and their heroic survivors, from Noah and Utnapishtim to lesser-known deluge heroes across cultures worldwide.
New World Serpent Myths
Explores ancient serpent myths across the Americas, their deep antiquity, and links to the evolution of human consciousness.
Russian Serpent Myths
An exploration of ancient Russian and Slavic serpent myths, connecting them to the global archetype of the ‘Snake Cult of Consciousness’ and the Eve Theory of Consciousness.
In the Shadow of Atlas: Why the Atlantic Ocean and Atlantis Share a Name
Atlantic Ocean and the island of Atlantis both take their name from the Titan Atlas. Discover how mythology and language converge in their shared etymology.