Across the ages
The Timeline of Myth
Six thousand years of storytelling, from the Dreaming to internet legends. Drag along the ages.
6,000 BCE · Aboriginal Australian
The Dreaming
Rainbow Serpent narratives — among Earth's oldest continuous beliefs, in rock art 6,000+ years old.
Read the story →6,000 BCE
The Dreaming
Aboriginal Australian
Read the story →3,100 BCE
Egyptian cosmology
Egyptian
Read the story →2,100 BCE
Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesopotamian
Read the story →1,250 BCE
Book of the Dead
Egyptian
Read the story →700 BCE
Hesiod & Homer
Greek
Read the story →500 BCE
Orisha traditions
Yoruba
Read the story →400 BCE
Hindu epics
Hindu
Read the story →712 CE
Kojiki compiled
Japanese
Read the story →900 CE
Dragon King lore
Chinese
Read the story →1,100 CE
The Táin
Celtic
Read the story →1,200 CE
The Eddas
Norse
Read the story →1,500 CE
Aztec codices
Aztec
Read the story →1,860 CE
Folklore collected
Slavic
Read the story →1,990 CE
Urban legends
Modern
Read the story →2,025 CE
Internet myths
Modern
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