Knowledge skills for Mythology

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by oneofmanynameless

If someone had a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies, or Comparative Mythology, what would their main skills be? Literature (perhaps with a specialization)? Occultism? Connoisseur (literature) (also with a specialization)? Theology (Comparative)?

Literature would be the big one. That's the primary source for mythological knowledge. Really elite students will have the language skills to pursue the material in its' original form.

Connoisseur is a level lower when covering the same material. Effectively a Hobby skill rather than a Professional skill.

Occultism is about the supernatural (whether it's real or not and whether you believe in it or not). It might cover semi-modern cultists of the old gods and their practices.

Theology (with appropriate specializations) would cover the old religions as they were actually practiced by ancient peoples and would frequently have rather little to do with the stories that have been preserved as Literature.

The Campbell charactter might have Literature and Sociology or Anthropology as primary skills.