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Mythology Worlds
Fictional Mythology
Myths and monsters of film, literature, and tabletop and computer games
The Japanese Godzilla movies of Toho Studios
Gojira (Godzilla)
1954
The one that started it all
Godzilla Raids Again
1955
Godzilla fights his first opponent
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
Giant gorilla vs. radioactive sea monster
Mothra vs. Godzilla
1964
Mothra's debut in a Godzilla movie
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
The debut of King Ghidrah
Invasion of Astro-Monster
1965
Godzilla in space
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966
Godzilla fights a giant lobster
Son of Godzilla
1967
Introducing Minilla, son of Godzilla
Destroy All Monsters
1968
In the mysterious future of the 1990s
All Monsters Attack
1969
It's all just some kid's imagination
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
1971
Godzilla is an environmentalist
Godzilla vs. Gigan
1972
Godzilla and his former enemy fight an alien robot chicken in an amusement park
Godzilla vs. Megalon
1973
Godzilla teams up with a contest winner to fight a giant burrowing beetle
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla
1974
Godzilla fights his robotic counterpart...while teamed up with a mythical creature from Okinawa
Terror of MechaGodzilla
1975
Godzilla fights his robotic double again...who is teamed up with a dinosaur-fish
The Return of Godzilla
1984
Godzilla is back after nine years
Godzilla vs. Biollante
1989
Godzilla fights a plant monster cloned from his own DNA
Godzilla vs. King Ghidrah
1991
A fight between Godzilla and King Ghidrah that involves time travel
Godzilla vs. Mothra
1992
Mothra fights her evil twin
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla II
1993
Godzilla fights another robot version of himself
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
1994
Godzilla fights his alien counterpart
Godzilla vs. Destroyah
1995
As Godzilla fights a crab demon that emerged from the corpse of the original Godzilla, humanity tries to cool him down before he explodes and destroys the world
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999
An alien tries to extract Godzilla's DNA
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
2000
Godzilla fights a giant flying bug that came in through a black hole
Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidrah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
Godzilla is now an amalgamation of the ghosts of the people the Japanese killed in World War Two
Mothra, King Ghidrah, and Baragon are the defenders of the Earth
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
2002
Godzilla fights yet another robot version of himself...but this one is made from the skeleton of the original Godzilla
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
2003
Godzilla fights the skeleton robot Godzilla again...who is teamed up with Mothra
Godzilla: Final Wars
2004
An all-out kaiju fest
Shin Godzilla
2016
Godzilla's BAAAAACK...but now he's mutating
Godzilla Minus One
2023
Really just a modern East Asian drama reboot of the original Godzilla movie
The 2010s Anime Trilogy
Set 20,000 years in the future
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
2017
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
2018
Godzilla: The Planet Eater
2018
Hollywood Godzilla
Godzilla '98
1998
Oh brother, this one STINKS!!!!
Godzilla '14
2014
FINALLY, a good Hollywood Godzilla!
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidrah come to Hollywood
Godzilla vs. Kong
2021
King Kong vs. Godzilla again
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024
King Kong and Godzilla are now good friends
There's also a Mini Kong, and an underground society of apes
The Story of Bionicle
Gathered friends, listen again to the tale of my favorite toys as a child.
In the time before time (the 2000s), Lego launched an expansive franchise set in a universe of biomechanical robots.
Designed primarly for ages 8 to 16 (around my age group at the time), it saved Lego from money troubles and weaved a mythology of its own:
The Golden Years--2001-2003
Mata Nui (an island named after the Great Spirit worshipped by its inhabitants, the Matoran) is settled by a team of warriors known as the Toa.
Their quest is it defeat the evil Makuta and save Mata Nui.
The Flashback Years--2004-2005
The Turaga (tribal elders of Mata Nui) recount the good ole days when they themselves were Toa in the ancient futuristic city of Metru Nui.
The Ignition Trilogy--2006-2008
The Great Spirit Mata Nui is dying!
This terrible news kicks off a new quest:
To retrieve the Mask of Life and revive Mata Nui.
The Legend Reborn--2009
Mata Nui has crash-landed on the alien planet of Bara Magna, and acquired a physical body.
He is about to go on adventures with the local Glatorian Legends...when Bionicle is suddenly discontinued.
The Finale--2010
Mata Nui and Makuta fight each other in gigantic mechs.
Mata Nui wins, and creates a new world for all the Bionicles to live on.
Thus, their mythology comes to an end.
(as in, three story serials...only one of which ends up being finished)
L. Frank Baum's other Oz novels
2. The Marvelous Land of Oz
A young boy named Tip escapes the cluthces of his wicked witch guardian Mombi (with the help of a Sawhorse and Jack Pumpkinhead)
3. Ozma of Oz
On her way to Australia (Yes, the real Oz), Dorothy is washed ashore in the Land of Ev, one of the lands beyond the desert that surrounds Oz.
There, she meets the Wheelers (people with wheels for hands and feet), as well as Tik-Tok...who is basically a robot.
They then meet Princess Ozma of Oz, and they attempt to rescue Ev's royal family from the Nome King.
4. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
On her way home from Australia (yes, the real Oz), Dorothy meets her cousin Zeb in California.
Suddenly, both of them are swallowed by the earth and end up underground...where they meet the Wizard.
They all head through the underground passage to Oz.
5. The Road to Oz
Dorothy meets a homeless man known as the Shaggy Man.
They lose their way and end up on a magical road, where they meet Polychrome (the rainbow's daughter) and a young boy called Button Bright.
They set off on another adventure to Oz.
Santa Claus is also in this book. (I'm serious!)
6. The Emerald City of Oz
Dorothy comes to live in Oz permanently, along with her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em.
Meanwhile, the Nome King is tunneling under the desert to invade Oz.
7. The Pathwork Girl of Oz
With the help of a patchwork doll named Scraps, a Munckhin lad named Ojo sets off on a quest to save his uncle Nunkie from a curse that has turned him to stone.
8. Tik-Tok of Oz
Betsy Bobbin, from Oklahoma, is shipwrecked in the Rose Kingdom (which borders the Land of Ev).
There, she meets the Shaggy Man, and the two attempt to rescue the Shaggy Man's brother from the Nome King.
They also fall through a tube to the other side of the world, where they meet an immortal being named Tititi-Hoochooo, the Great Jinjin; and his pet dragon Quox.
9. The Scarecrow of Oz
Cap'n Bill and Trot head to Oz.
WIth the help of the Scarecrow, they overthrow King Krewl of Jinxland.
10. Rinkitink in Oz
Prince Inga of Pingaree and King Rinkitink must rescue Rinkitink's parents and their subjects from pirates.
11. The Lost Princess of Oz
Princess Ozma has gone missing, and four search parties have gone off in search of her--one for each of the four Lands of Oz.
Meanwhile, Cayke the Cookie Chef (along with the Frogman) heads off in search of her stolen magic dishpan.
12. The Tin Woodman of Oz
The Tin Man (together with the Scarecrow and Woot the Wanderer) sets out to find the Munchkin maiden he had dated when he was human.
They meet another tin man, and a Frankenstein Monster-like creature made from their human body parts.
13. The Magic of Oz
The deposed Nome King (with help from a Munchkin lad named Kiki Aru) tries to take over Oz.
14. Glinda of Oz
Dorothy, Glinda, and Ozma attempt to prevent a war in an obscure part of Oz.
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