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Topic: i need book suggestions for mythology crap

Caoilin Title: Instigator Posts: 56,728 Registered: Nov 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 54,027 User ID: 513,313	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	all of it. not just greek, roman, irish or norse. although i'm open to those as well. i enjoy refreshers. -----signature----- "Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion "I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR "i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24 "again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
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vn_jurojin Title: Insolent Insomniac Posts: 9,633 Registered: Dec 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 9,526 User ID: 559,342	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	Egyptian mythology is good. You want book references? What kind? Fiction? History? Mythology reference? -----signature----- (none)
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Caoilin Title: Instigator Posts: 56,728 Registered: Nov 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 54,027 User ID: 513,313	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	uh.. yes. well not fiction like percy jackson. -----signature----- "Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion "I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR "i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24 "again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL Posts: 43,073 Registered: Feb 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,466 User ID: 651,769	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	I suggest Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. You can also watch Hercules on TV. Or play Titan Quest on your PC. I am glad I could help. -----signature----- If I have burnt my bridges I will walk on water. If you're on the shore, then you're sure not me, oh My seething wrath and urge for blood is fueled by searing hate. I'm X X X bitch, triple X rated.
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Caoilin Title: Instigator Posts: 56,728 Registered: Nov 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 54,027 User ID: 513,313	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	i hate you so much yoss. -----signature----- "Cao is really an asexual cricket from outer space" - Bernion "I just wish you had man bits" - ShalisR "i'll be your dirty ignorant redneck if you will be my drugged out cripple bitch" - shaggynuts24 "again, I'm stupid" - Brandun
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-Chanell- Title: Camelot Vault Staff Assistant SM Posts: 26,731 Registered: Jun 27, '06 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 10,549 User ID: 1,148,900	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	Lets see, there's always the Mabinogion and the poetic/prose Edda (For your welsh/norse needs ) -----signature----- (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")
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vn_jurojin Title: Insolent Insomniac Posts: 9,633 Registered: Dec 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 9,526 User ID: 559,342	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	Yossarian_42 posted: I suggest Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. You can also watch Hercules on TV. Or play Titan Quest on your PC. I am glad I could help. You forgot Stargate (all incarnations) for Egyptian, Norse, Greek, and even Atlantis! -----signature----- (none)
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vn_jurojin Title: Insolent Insomniac Posts: 9,633 Registered: Dec 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 9,526 User ID: 559,342	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	Seriously though... http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/browser.php?all_ti=Egyptian+Mythology -----signature----- (none)
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beibhinn Title: Snr. Board Mgr Posts: 36,781 Registered: Jun 18, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 34,969 User ID: 689,760	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	There is an excellent "who's who" of mythology I had forever ago but I can't find it now :/ This is close though: http://www.amazon.com/Whos-Who-Mythology-Alexander-Murray/dp/0517017415 -----signature----- -=- Vault Editorial Coordinator -=- http://vault.ign.com -=- Templar Knights -=- http://www.tkfu.com [Lakoz] she plays the "sweet" lady...and then when she gets comfortable in vent and in game, she turns into Medusa
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL Posts: 43,073 Registered: Feb 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,466 User ID: 651,769	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	beibhinn posted: There is an excellent "who's who" of mythology You are think of Brad Pitt. -----signature----- If I have burnt my bridges I will walk on water. If you're on the shore, then you're sure not me, oh My seething wrath and urge for blood is fueled by searing hate. I'm X X X bitch, triple X rated.
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-MrBean- Title: Now With Extra Baldness Posts: 13,652 Registered: May 23, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 13,376 User ID: 98,822	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	Some of the ones I had to read for my mythologies of the world class: Ceremony (Native American) http://www.amazon.com/Ceremony-Classics-Leslie-Marmon-Silko/dp/0143104918/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292354669&sr=8-1 The Guide (Indian) http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Novel-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143039644/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292354717&sr=1-1 Anansi Boys (Caribbean) http://www.amazon.com/Anansi-Boys-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060515198/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292354760&sr=1-1 All 3 of those were pretty good and were modern day myths. -----signature----- (none)
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Yossarian_42 Title: RUSH > ALL Posts: 43,073 Registered: Feb 28, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 40,466 User ID: 651,769	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	World of Warcraft has minotaurs. -----signature----- If I have burnt my bridges I will walk on water. If you're on the shore, then you're sure not me, oh My seething wrath and urge for blood is fueled by searing hate. I'm X X X bitch, triple X rated.
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polemistis Title: GW Vault SM Cricket Posts: 11,611 Registered: Mar 9, '03 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 8,995 User ID: 777,955	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	Picked this one up a few years ago The Ultimate Encylopedia of Mythology http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Encyclopedia-Mythology-Legends-Ancient/dp/1843094371/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1292360971&sr=8-2 A fairly good refrence book, although doesn't always go into a ton of detail, has Greek, Celtic, Norse, Asian, and others -----signature----- VN Anime & Manga Board: http://vnboards.ign.com/cb_anime_and_manga/b23014 http://gwvault.ign.com/ - am looking for staff members as well MyAnimeList - http://myanimelist.net/profile/polemistis
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Verodin Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	Try Native American mythology. Many hidden meanings and story possibilities there. -----signature-----
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azzuracapri Posts: 15 Registered: Apr 18, '11 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 15 User ID: 1,418,152	Subject: i need book suggestions for mythology crap
	Try the Aeneid, loved reading it in Latin class -----signature----- HOTTEST GIRLS IN THE WORLD BY COUNTRY http://ratethisworld.com
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