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.
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
Classics of Out(land)ish Anthropology (Lawrence University, WI)
Welcome to the Anthropology Resource Center
Anthropology on the Internet: Introduction
Anthropology Online - Career Center
American Anthropological Association
sci.anthropology (an Internet newsgroup)