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Mormon mythology says that Jesus was married, among other things. But I believe they call it folklore.

But that renders many of the Greek plays off topic...

Intent, I think, should be the defining factor. Was the intent to record the mythology of a culture? Or to create one for whatever reason?

I don't think we need an arbitrary line.

Some cultures simply didn't get around to organising their mythology in the written word until quite recently. Wars, illiteracy, invading Romans, invading Spanish, invading British, etc....

*Vuh

It's a tricky issue...

The Popol Vug was written less than 1000 years ago.

But asking when ancient astronauts left Atlantis should probably not be.

We shall see

So, as long as the focus is primarily mythology.

Ok

Did we ever establish where we stand on Q's that ask about pop culture versions of mythologies? I.e. I know we had a question about Marvel Thor versus mytho-Thor.

So leave it unanswered until someone finds evidence of a frost bird myth?

I don't think we can really avoid these kinds of Qs

Yep

I suspect we'll get lots of these types of Qs

I know, this is a tricky one

True.

All the murdering and kidnapping. I guess it sold big bucks and here we are.

Yeah. Kinda gross.

Because someone decided to change the beginning/middle/end?

Exactly. How much have we missed out on because it wasn't popular?

Yes exactly. But from our point of view, or the casual reader's POV, there's little difference nowadays. Most people don't know which are the original sources; they're just stories.

I'm suspecting there's more to my mythology-as-fanfiction theory... Canonical endings and all mythology.stackexchange.com/q/464/38 ;)

Pretty much ^^

Oooh an Arctic mythology Q!

Pantheon genealogies, war dates, etc

Like, we think of some things as common knowledge, but are they really common knowledge to non mythology buffs?

It's difficult to know how much to cite.

It's always interesting to learn more about the Chinese

That's a great answer though!

I haven't posted an answer today :/ I'll have to get my writing cap on tomorrow. There have been several questions I know the answer to but just haven't answered :/

Goodnight!

Venerable

Oops blasphemy :P

Isn't all mythology fanfic of a sort?

I know ;)

Gotta love Gilgamesh

But prehistory is my one true love

Sumerian is another favourite

Greek is my main background in terms of academia etc

Yeah, I'm planning a trip to Creswell Crags so I'm on a prehistoric kick right now

Cool

How do we stand on q's about prehistoric mythology? Mother goddess and totem worship etc? They didn't exactly have stories,but...

We have a winner folks

He gives off a mod-ly vibe though

No one checked? :P

Does Yannis want to be a mod?

I know who I'm nominating