How to write mythology

One of our readers, Sarah O'Neill, sent us some interesting questions which you can use to "interview" fantasy characters in order to learn more about them and get story ideas.

Ever wanted to create your own mythology for a fictional text, or simply for fun? Here is a simple guide to the best, most believable way of creating a belief system or myth of your own. Decide where you want your myth to be set. Location...

Writing a fantasy novel means paying attention to common elements of the fantasy genre, worldbuilding and more. Use these helpful fantasy writing resources.

Guide to Greek mythology For when I'm trying to follow my smarty pants sister in a conversation! :) @nicci horner Abdo

This week’s prompts come from Irish mythology. This was quite a challenge for me than the post on Greek Myths as I knew basically nothing about it before I started. (Now also have a list based on Norse Myths and Bulgarian Folklore!) I used Wikipedia a lot and a helpful website called Bardmythologies.com. I encourage you to check this site out and read all of the myths, they are truly fascinating. Two books also came in handy during my research that I would like to highly recommend. One is…

When I am writing, one of my favourite things to do is use Greek mythology as a source of inspiration. Today, I thought I’d talk about a couple of my favourite characters from Greek mythology (not myths, this time) and how each of them can provide a canvas for a character in your creative writing.

List of over 56 myth ideas and writing prompts to help you write your own myth. Myths can be inspired by cultures, religions, and legends.