The Mythos behind Reveille

While the storyline and the progression of Valerian Night is my own madness at work, the deities we encounter throughout the work are all derived from existing mythology - that is not to say I didn't take poetic liscence here and there to twist things around some, but you get my drift. I will keep updating this as I find more sites or items of note, so keep checking back if you're interested.

Some further reading you might be interested in:

Greek/Roman Mythology

Theoi Greek Mythology: Exploring Greek Mythology in Classical Literature and Art: http://www.theoi.com/

~ a good source for images as well as details about individual aspects of Greek Mythology, such as particular personas or myths.

Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek/articles.html

~ a database of encyclopaedic information about characters, events, and stories.

Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology (Blackwell Publishing: United Kingdom, 2002).

~ A detailed dictionary of characters, locations, and events often used by academic institions in classical studies.

Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths:1 & 2 (Penguin Books: London, 1960).

~A two-volume work of classical reference, Graves brings together a diverse range of sources to both tell and analyze the adventures and elements of classical mythology.

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Egyptian Mythology

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Norse Mythology 

Lindow, John, Norse Mythology: a guide to the gods, heroes, rituals and beliefs (Oxford University Press: United States, 2002)

~A detailed book containing information about the myths of northern Europe. Not a book to recommend to beginners, but interesting nontheless, it can be previewed here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=KlT7tv3eMSwC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Edda, Wikipedia Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edda  

 ~Useful general information concerning the Edda, one of the founding poems of Norse Mythology.

• The Poetic Edda, trans. Henry Adams Bellows, 1936: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/index.htm  

Northvegr Foundation: http://www.northvegr.org/lore/main.php
~A website containing links and resources to all the relevant texts for a study of Norse Mythology

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 Babylonian/Summerian Mythology

Mackenzie, Donald A., Mythology of the Babylonian People (Bracken Books: London, 1996).

~A study of the myths of Babylon, includes images and maps.