Resources for the Study of Myth and Legend

Below are some helpful, and a few fun and funny, sources of anthropological information on the Web.  A good place to start is always a search engine such as Yahoo!, and also note the hyperlinks listed for particular topics in the online syllabus.

Urban Legends Reference Pages

Sources for Mythology

Archives of FOLKLORE@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU

American Folklife Center Home Page

VIRTUAL FOLKLORE (a student essay)

Maya STORIES -- Legends with hidden politics

Yanomamo

The Onion (check as a possible source of some urban legends)

Newsgroups: alt.folklore.info          alt.folklore.college        alt.folklore.urban         alt.mythology


General Anthropology Sources

WWW Library: Anthropology

Classics of Out(land)ish Anthropology (Lawrence University, WI)

UCSB Anthropology Web Site

Anthropology in the News

Welcome to the Anthropology Resource Center

Anthropology on the Internet: Introduction

Anthropology Online - Career Center

American Anthropological Association

sci.anthropology (an Internet newsgroup)