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Objective: This is a place to discuss and coordinate issues relating to mythology and related articles in Wikipedia. To date, there has been extensive discussion regarding the use of the word mythology. See Talk:Mythology.

Scope: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help with the "To Do" list. In addition, to help read, edit, write, categorize, review and assess the many mythologies categories and stubs.

Definition: Mythology is the study of myth or a body of myths. While the definition of myth varies, a commonly cited definition is that of Finnish folklorist Lauri Honko:

Myth, a story of the gods, a religious account of the beginning of the world, the creation, fundamental events, the exemplary deeds of the gods as a result of which the world, nature, and culture were created together with all parts thereof and given their order, which still obtains. A myth expresses and confirms society's religious values and norms, it provides a pattern of behavior to be imitated, testifies to the efficacy of ritual with its practical ends, and establishes the sanctity of cult.^[1]

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FA	A	GA	B	C	Start	Stub	FL	List	Category	Disambig	Draft	File	Portal	Project	Template	NA	???	Total
22	0	143	634	1,260	2,955	3,365	2	259	2,399	80	36	40	3	12	105	773	401	12,489

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Mythology articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	2	4	4	12			22
FL	1			1			2
GA	8	17	48	69		1	143
B	40	96	157	268		73	634
C	47	122	327	651		113	1,260
Start	16	137	542	1,992		267	2,954
Stub	1	31	216	2,807		311	3,366
List	2	28	37	144	7	42	260
Category		3	5	2	2,387		2,397
Disambig			3	8	69		80
File			3	1	36		40
Portal					3		3
Project					12		12
Template			1	1	103		105
NA	1	15	44	244	463		767
Other					35		35
Assessed	118	453	1,387	6,200	3,115	807	12,080
Unassessed				4		397	401
Total	118	453	1,387	6,204	3,115	1,204	12,481
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 42,194			Ω = 5.04

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  Apollo and Daphne (Bernini) (cropped)
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  Battle at Lanka, Ramayana, Udaipur, 1649-53
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  Extermination of Evil Tenkeisei
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  Ixion by Jusepe de Ribera (1632)
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  Julemotiv tegnet av Jenny Nystrøm (24207693358)
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  Peter Paul Rubens - Abundance (Abundantia) - Google Art Project
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  Rose O'Neill - When We All Believe (Santa Claus and children illustration from the 1903 December 2 issue of Puck)
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  Shiva as the Lord of Dance LACMA edit
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  Titian - Venus with a Mirror - Google Art Project
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  Venus y Adonis (Veronese)

Did you knows (DYKs)

• Hippocamp - 12 January 2007
• Dogs in Mesoamerican folklore and myth - 31 October 2008
• Wayob - 28 January 2009
• Xipe Totec - 31 January 2009
• Cocijo - 25 February 2009
• Xiuhtecuhtli - 1 March 2009
• Kukulkan - 20 March 2009
• Xiuhcoatl - 24 October 2009
• Tohil - 3 February 2010
• Awilix - 27 February 2010
• Jacawitz - 2 March 2010
• Gukumatz - 29 August 2010

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