TopLinks: Myth/Ritual/Magic

Death: The Last Taboo
http://www.deathonline.net/index.cfm
This site from the Australian museum explores how different cultures approach, deal with, and remember the dead.

Encyclopedia Mythica: Heroes
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/heroes
The Encyclopedia Mythica presents this collection of entries on the mythological heroes of various cultures.

Grimm Brothers' Home Page
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html
This page includes a detailed chronology of the Grimm Brothers' lives, a list of their major joint publications, links to several sites on the Web in both English and German, scholarly studies of the fairy tales, electronic texts of the tales and legends, and links to journals and encyclopedias that focus on folklore and legends.

NPR: The End of Life--Exploring Death in America
http://www.npr.org/programs/death/
This Web site from National Public Radio features various discussions, transcripts, poems, essays, and visual images dealing with end-of-life issues. Topics examined include, but are not limited to, funerals, clinical issues, palliative care, and reincarnation.