Mythology, sourced.

Explore sourced myths and verified modern retellings, alongside a broader catalogue of possible appearances in film, television, games, books and music. Verified connections print the source beside the work; catalogue candidates are clearly marked unchecked.

Anyone can name five references. The work is naming all of them, and showing where each came from.

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Choose a figure. Follow the story.

Explore a figure's myths, relationships and symbols, then trace their afterlives through film, television, games, books and music. Verified modern connections show their source; unchecked catalogue leads are marked clearly.

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Ten figures across nine traditions

Follow creation, flood, kingship, death, battle and survival stories from the African, Anatolian, Chinese, Egyptian, Indian, Japanese, Mesoamerican, Mesopotamian and Southeast Asian traditions.

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Every figure, three ways

Follow a figure by the tradition it belongs to, what it is, or the domain it governs. Each route is drawn from the same sourced record, not a hand-built set of categories.