I have decided to focus on Chinese mythology. I found that there was much more information on Chinese mythology and that many of the gods and goddesses are part of Taoism. I'm not sure which aspect of Chinese mythology that I plan to focus on just yet. I may decide to focus on the "eight immortals" from Taoist mythology or perhaps explore into the depths of some of the lesser known gods and goddesses or even focus mainly on myths.
I discovered that Japanese and Korean mythology/folklore was too difficult to find material on. Also, much of Chinese mythology is based on Taoist mythology and since thats a major belief system it will be much easier to find the mythology.
On this site i found a listing of gods and goddesses that explains their roles and their realms. Here I found images of mythical creatures and myths that explain the separation of the sky from the earth and the creation of mountains and such.
I plan on sifting through more websites as well as checking out some of the books that i searched on Annie. I intend on narrowing my project down to certain gods and goddesses. I will most likely end up focusing on the "eight immortals" because they relate so closely to Taoism and should be much easier to find information on them. Then again, I may decide to do a focus on the actual myths or mythical creatures. In which case I will focus on creation and possibly some of the lesser known gods and goddesses.
Posted by leah at October 11, 2004 03:24 AMOne of the places you should look is in Needham's Science and Civilisation in China, DS721 .N39 --probably vol. 2 is the one to start with.
Posted by: Hugh at October 11, 2004 10:38 AM