Windows To The Universe -- Mythology:
A cross-cultural examination of the mythology of the heavens from the
University of Michigan's University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Solar Folklore:
An excellent comparative study from the Stanford Solar Center.
Solar Deity -- Wikipedia: A brief entry from the on-line encyclopedia.
Myth -- Sun Gods:
Brief introductions to solar deities from diverse traditions.
Lunar Deity -- Wikipedia: A list of moon gods and goddesses from the on-line encyclopedia.
Moon Gods And Goddesses:
A list and resources from About.Com.
Legend Of The Moon Festival:
A concise description of the origins of this holiday by historian Thomas W.
Chinn for the San Francisco Chinatown Merchants Association.
Japanese Myths: Students at Pacific University tell the story of Izanagi and Izanami, a creation myth in which the sun and moon figure prominently.
Worship Of The Sun Among The Aryan Peoples Of Antiquity:
An excerpt from anthropologist James G. Frazer's 1925 Worship Of Nature.
The Sun, A Universal Deity: A chapter from Manly P. Hall's 1928 Secret Teachings Of All Ages.
The Great Myth Of The Sun-Gods: A 1934 mini-essay by Alvin Boyd Kuhn.
Sun God And The Wind Deity At Kizil: An in-depth examination by Tianshu Zhu of a prominent Buddhist cave site in the ancient central Asian kingdom of Kucha along the Silk Road.
Mythology Of The Constellations: An impressive introduction to the mythology of 27 different star systems produced by Cathy Bell for a Princeton University course.
Pleiades Mythology:
Steven Gibson's analysis of the mythology of this star system is embedded
within a broader astronomy site.
