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A. G. van Hamel
Anton Gerard van Hamel (5 July 1886, Hilversum - 23 November 1945, Utrecht)) was a Dutch scholar, best known for his contributions to Celtic and Germanic studies, especially those relating to li...
Anton Gerard van Hamel (5 July 1886, Hilversum - 23 November 1945, Utrecht)) was a Dutch scholar, best known for his contributions to Celtic and Germanic studies, especially those relating to li...
Abram Smythe Palmer
The Reverend Abram Smythe Palmer (born 1844) was a doctor of divinity, lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, and enthusiastic lexicographer and mythographer.
The Reverend Abram Smythe Palmer (born 1844) was a doctor of divinity, lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, and enthusiastic lexicographer and mythographer.
Alan F. Alford
Alan F. Alford, B. Com, FCA, MBA is a British writer and speaker on the subjects of ancient religion, mythology, and Egyptology.
Alan F. Alford, B. Com, FCA, MBA is a British writer and speaker on the subjects of ancient religion, mythology, and Egyptology.
Andrei Oişteanu
Andrei Oişteanu is a Romanian historian of religions and mentalities, ethnologist, cultural anthropologist, literary critic and novelist.
Andrei Oişteanu is a Romanian historian of religions and mentalities, ethnologist, cultural anthropologist, literary critic and novelist.
Andrew Calimach
Andrew Calimach (1953— ) is a Romanian-American author.
Andrew Calimach (1953— ) is a Romanian-American author.
Antoine Banier
The abbé Antoine Banier (1673–1741), a French clergyman and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres from 1713, was a historian and translator, whose rationalizing interpret...
The abbé Antoine Banier (1673–1741), a French clergyman and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres from 1713, was a historian and translator, whose rationalizing interpret...
August von Haxthausen
August Franz Ludwig Maria, Baron von Haxthausen-Abbenburg (February 3, 1792, in Bökendorf, Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – December 31, 1866, in Hanover) was a German agricultural scientist, eco...
August Franz Ludwig Maria, Baron von Haxthausen-Abbenburg (February 3, 1792, in Bökendorf, Prince-Bishopric of Paderborn – December 31, 1866, in Hanover) was a German agricultural scientist, eco...
Carl A. P. Ruck
Carl A. P. Ruck, is a professor in the Classical Studies department at Boston University.
Carl A. P. Ruck, is a professor in the Classical Studies department at Boston University.
Claude Calame
Claude Calame (born in Lausanne 1943) is a Swiss writer on Greek mythology and the structure of mythic narrative from the perspective of a Hellenist trained in semiotics and ethnology as well as...
Claude Calame (born in Lausanne 1943) is a Swiss writer on Greek mythology and the structure of mythic narrative from the perspective of a Hellenist trained in semiotics and ethnology as well as...
Claude Lévi-Strauss
Claude Lévi-Strauss (; (28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist, and has been called, along with James George Frazer, the "father of modern anthropology".
Claude Lévi-Strauss (; (28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist, and has been called, along with James George Frazer, the "father of modern anthropology".
Daniel Clasen
Daniel Clasen, in Latin Danielis Clasenius or Clasenus, was a German political theorist, religious scholar, and classicist.
Daniel Clasen, in Latin Danielis Clasenius or Clasenus, was a German political theorist, religious scholar, and classicist.
Devdutt Pattanaik
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik is an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology, and also management.
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik is an Indian physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology, and also management.
Digby Mythographer
The anonymous Digby Mythographer was the compiler of a twelfth-century Fulgentian handbook of Greek mythology, De Natura deorum ("On the Nature of the Gods") that is conserved among the Digb...
The anonymous Digby Mythographer was the compiler of a twelfth-century Fulgentian handbook of Greek mythology, De Natura deorum ("On the Nature of the Gods") that is conserved among the Digb...
Edith Hamilton
Edith Hamilton (12 August 1867 – 31 May 1963) was an American educator and author who was "recognized as the greatest woman Classicist".
Edith Hamilton (12 August 1867 – 31 May 1963) was an American educator and author who was "recognized as the greatest woman Classicist".
Ella Young
Ella Young (December 26, 1867 – July 23, 1956) was an Irish poet and Celtic mythologist active in the Gaelic and Celtic Revival literary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Ella Young (December 26, 1867 – July 23, 1956) was an Irish poet and Celtic mythologist active in the Gaelic and Celtic Revival literary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Erich von Däniken
Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (born 14 April 1935 in Zofingen, Aargau) is a Swiss author best known for his controversial claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, in books...
Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (born 14 April 1935 in Zofingen, Aargau) is a Swiss author best known for his controversial claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, in books...
Fyodor Braun
Friedrich Braun or Fyodor Aleksandrovich Braun (1862-1942) was a Russian-German scholar who provided philological and mythological backing for the Normanist theory.
Friedrich Braun or Fyodor Aleksandrovich Braun (1862-1942) was a Russian-German scholar who provided philological and mythological backing for the Normanist theory.
Fyodor Buslaev
Fedor Ivanovich Buslaev (Фёдор Ива́нович Бусла́ев; April 13 (25), 1818, Kerensk, Penza Guberniya–July 31 (August 12), 1898, Moscow Guberniya) was a Russian philologist, art h...
Fedor Ivanovich Buslaev (Фёдор Ива́нович Бусла́ев; April 13 (25), 1818, Kerensk, Penza Guberniya–July 31 (August 12), 1898, Moscow Guberniya) was a Russian philologist, art h...
Georges Charachidzé
Georges Charachidzé was a French-Georgian scholar of the Caucasian cultures.
Georges Charachidzé was a French-Georgian scholar of the Caucasian cultures.
Georges Dumézil
Georges Dumézil (4 March 1898, Paris – 11 October 1986) was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society.
Georges Dumézil (4 March 1898, Paris – 11 October 1986) was a French comparative philologist best known for his analysis of sovereignty and power in Proto-Indo-European religion and society.
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos is a Swiss-born Greek writer, television presenter, and proponent of the idea that ancient astronauts interacted with ancient humans.
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos is a Swiss-born Greek writer, television presenter, and proponent of the idea that ancient astronauts interacted with ancient humans.
Immanuel Velikovsky
Immanuel Velikovsky (Иммануи́л Велико́вский) (17 November 1979) was a Russian-born American independent scholar of Jewish origins, best known as the author of a number of controversial books rei...
Immanuel Velikovsky (Иммануи́л Велико́вский) (17 November 1979) was a Russian-born American independent scholar of Jewish origins, best known as the author of a number of controversial books rei...
Jaan Puhvel
Jaan Puhvel (born 24 January 1932, Tallinn) is an Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist.
Jaan Puhvel (born 24 January 1932, Tallinn) is an Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist.
James George Frazer
Sir James George Frazer, was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.
Sir James George Frazer, was a Scottish social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion.
James Lovelock
Sir James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS, Ph.D is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives in Devon, England.
Sir James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS, Ph.D is an independent scientist, environmentalist and futurologist who lives in Devon, England.
Jan de Vries (linguist)
Jan Pieter Marie Laurens de Vries (born February 11, 1890 in Amsterdam — died July 23, 1964 in Utrecht) was a Dutch scholar of Germanic linguistics and Germanic mythology, from 1926 to 1945 ordi...
Jan Pieter Marie Laurens de Vries (born February 11, 1890 in Amsterdam — died July 23, 1964 in Utrecht) was a Dutch scholar of Germanic linguistics and Germanic mythology, from 1926 to 1945 ordi...
Jane Ellen Harrison
Jane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850–15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar, linguist and feminist.
Jane Ellen Harrison (9 September 1850–15 April 1928) was a British classical scholar, linguist and feminist.
Jean Seznec
Jean Seznec was a historian and mythographer whose most influential book, for English-speaking readers, has been La Survivance des dieux antiques, 1940, translated as The Survival of the P...
Jean Seznec was a historian and mythographer whose most influential book, for English-speaking readers, has been La Survivance des dieux antiques, 1940, translated as The Survival of the P...
John Lamb Lash
John Lamb Lash (born 1945) is an American author and scholar (comparative mythologist).
John Lamb Lash (born 1945) is an American author and scholar (comparative mythologist).
Jonathan Young (psychologist)
Jonathan Young is a psychologist who became the founding curator of the Joseph Campbell Archives.
Jonathan Young is a psychologist who became the founding curator of the Joseph Campbell Archives.
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion.
Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion.
Just Mathias Thiele
Just Mathias Thiele (13 December 1795 – 9 November 1874) was a Danish writer and art historian.
Just Mathias Thiele (13 December 1795 – 9 November 1874) was a Danish writer and art historian.
Karl Otfried Müller
Karl Otfried Müller (August 28, 1797 – August 1, 1840), was a German scholar and Philodorian, or admirer of ancient Sparta, who introduced the modern study of Greek mythology.
Karl Otfried Müller (August 28, 1797 – August 1, 1840), was a German scholar and Philodorian, or admirer of ancient Sparta, who introduced the modern study of Greek mythology.
Keith Critchlow
Keith Barry Critchlow (born March 16, 1933 ) is an artist, lecturer, author, and professor of architecture in England, and a co-founder of the Temenos Academy.
Keith Barry Critchlow (born March 16, 1933 ) is an artist, lecturer, author, and professor of architecture in England, and a co-founder of the Temenos Academy.
Károly Kerényi
Károly (Carl, Karl) Kerényi (January 19, 1897 – April 14, 1973) was a Hungarian scholar in classical philology, one of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology.
Károly (Carl, Karl) Kerényi (January 19, 1897 – April 14, 1973) was a Hungarian scholar in classical philology, one of the founders of modern studies in Greek mythology.
Lewis Spence
James Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence (25 November 1874 - 3 March 1955) was a Scottish journalist, whose efforts as a compiler of Scottish folklore have proved more durable than his efforts as a p...
James Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence (25 November 1874 - 3 March 1955) was a Scottish journalist, whose efforts as a compiler of Scottish folklore have proved more durable than his efforts as a p...
Linda Fierz-David
Linda Fierz-David was a German philologist.
Linda Fierz-David was a German philologist.
Marie Petersen
Marie Luise Auguste Petersen (July 31, 1816 – Junn 30, 1859 Id) was a German author famous for her fairy tale Princess Ilse.
Marie Luise Auguste Petersen (July 31, 1816 – Junn 30, 1859 Id) was a German author famous for her fairy tale Princess Ilse.
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago.
Máire MacNeill
Máire MacNeill was an Irish journalist, folklorist and translator.
Máire MacNeill was an Irish journalist, folklorist and translator.
Natalis Comes
Natale Conti or Latin Natalis Comes, also Natalis de Comitibus and French Noël le Comte was an Italian mythographer, poet, humanist and historian.
Natale Conti or Latin Natalis Comes, also Natalis de Comitibus and French Noël le Comte was an Italian mythographer, poet, humanist and historian.
Norbert-Bertrand Barbe
Norbert-Bertrand Barbe is a French art historian, semiologist, artist and writer, born in 1968.
Norbert-Bertrand Barbe is a French art historian, semiologist, artist and writer, born in 1968.
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn (1881-1962) was an English-Dutch spiritualist, theosophist and scholar.
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn (1881-1962) was an English-Dutch spiritualist, theosophist and scholar.
Otto Gruppe
Otto Gruppe was a German mythographer, remembered for his Griechische Mythologie und Religion-Geschichte, which summed up the 19th century reading of Greek mythology through surviving texts.
Otto Gruppe was a German mythographer, remembered for his Griechische Mythologie und Religion-Geschichte, which summed up the 19th century reading of Greek mythology through surviving texts.
Paul Devereux
Paul Devereux (born 1945) is an author, researcher, lecturer, broadcaster, artist and photographer based in the Cotswolds, England.
Paul Devereux (born 1945) is an author, researcher, lecturer, broadcaster, artist and photographer based in the Cotswolds, England.
Paul of Perugia
Paulus Perusinus or Pusinus was an Italian mytographer of the 14th century.
Paulus Perusinus or Pusinus was an Italian mytographer of the 14th century.
Robert Lawlor
Robert Lawlor (born 1939) is a mythographer, symbologist and New Age author of several books.
Robert Lawlor (born 1939) is a mythographer, symbologist and New Age author of several books.
Roland Barthes
Roland Gérard Barthes was a French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.
Roland Gérard Barthes was a French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.
Theodontius
Theodontius was the author of a now lost Latin work on mythology.
Theodontius was the author of a now lost Latin work on mythology.
Thomas Blackwell (scholar)
Thomas Blackwell the younger, (1701- 6 March 1757), classical scholar and historian, was born on 4 August 1701 in the city of Aberdeen, son of Rev.
Thomas Blackwell the younger, (1701- 6 March 1757), classical scholar and historian, was born on 4 August 1701 in the city of Aberdeen, son of Rev.
Thomas Bulfinch
Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867) was an American writer, born in Newton, Massachusetts.
Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867) was an American writer, born in Newton, Massachusetts.
Thomas Inman
Thomas Inman was a house-surgeon to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary.
Thomas Inman was a house-surgeon to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary.
Thomas Keightley (historian)
Thomas Keightley (1789–1872) was a historian, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, who wrote works on mythology and folklore, and, at the request of Dr. Thomas Arnold of Rugby, a series of textb...
Thomas Keightley (1789–1872) was a historian, educated at Trinity College, Dublin, who wrote works on mythology and folklore, and, at the request of Dr. Thomas Arnold of Rugby, a series of textb...
Vatican Mythographer
The Vatican Mythographer is the name given to the unknown author or authors of three medieval mythographical texts found together in a single medieval manuscript, Vatican Reg.
The Vatican Mythographer is the name given to the unknown author or authors of three medieval mythographical texts found together in a single medieval manuscript, Vatican Reg.
Vatican Mythographers
The so-called Vatican Mythographers are the anonymous authors of three mythographical texts found together in a single medieval manuscript, Vatican Reg.
The so-called Vatican Mythographers are the anonymous authors of three mythographical texts found together in a single medieval manuscript, Vatican Reg.
Vincenzo Cartari
Vincenzo Cartari (* 1531 ? in Reggio nell’Emilia; † 1569) was an Italian mythographer and diplomat of the Italian Renaissance.
Vincenzo Cartari (* 1531 ? in Reggio nell’Emilia; † 1569) was an Italian mythographer and diplomat of the Italian Renaissance.
Walter Friedrich Otto
Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto (usually shortened to Walter F. Otto; 22 June 1874 in Hechingen - 23 September 1958 in Tübingen) was a German classical philologist particularly known ...
Walter Friedrich Gustav Hermann Otto (usually shortened to Walter F. Otto; 22 June 1874 in Hechingen - 23 September 1958 in Tübingen) was a German classical philologist particularly known ...
William Irwin Thompson
William Irwin Thompson (born July, 1938) is known primarily as a social philosopher and cultural critic, but he has also been writing and publishing poetry throughout his career and received the...
William Irwin Thompson (born July, 1938) is known primarily as a social philosopher and cultural critic, but he has also been writing and publishing poetry throughout his career and received the...
Yeleazar Meletinsky
Professor Eleazar Moiseevich Meletinskii was a Russian scholar famous for his seminal studies folklore, literature, philology and the history and theory of narrative; he was one of the major fig...
Professor Eleazar Moiseevich Meletinskii was a Russian scholar famous for his seminal studies folklore, literature, philology and the history and theory of narrative; he was one of the major fig...