History Main / AMythologyIsTrue

* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', the Mormons are right.

* Lampshaded in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.
** Although [[NotAnExample not quite true]] for the [[Anime/YuGiOh source material]] itself. Aside from their version of Egyption mythology basically just being the ThemeParkVersion, a filler arc introduces {{Atlantis}}, and later series have, among other things, the Aesir, who are basically the Norse God Cards.
*** Actually Atlantis, while originally recorded by Plato, was attributed to the Egyptians, making that cross-over valid. The Aesir, less so.

* The ending of ''Film/JackTheGiantSlayer'' reveals that [[spoiler:the whole story is true, and was set in what would be modern England]].

->'''Yugi:''' So let me get this straight: According to [[NoFourthWall this show]], the [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian Gods]] are ''real''.
->'''Shadi:''' Yes.
->'''Yugi:''' But, doesn't that mean that all other religions are wrong? And the hokey Ancient Egypt religion is the only real one?
->'''Shadi:''' Yes.
->'''Yugi:''' Huh. [[DidntSeeThatComing Didn't see THAT one coming.]]
->'''Shadi:''' ''I'' did!

* The first seven ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' games are in a setting based on Myth/ClassicalMythology. WordOfGod said fairly early on that the world in total has a CrossoverCosmology, it just wasn't until the eighth game introduced a Myth/NorseMythology that we actually saw such.

** ''Literature/HeroesOfOlympus'', the SequelSeries, blends in Roman mythology, introducing the Roman alter egos of the Greek Gods and Camp Jupiter, a Roman parallel to Camp Half-Blood.

** ''Literature/BringMeTheHeadOfPrinceCharming'' (co-authored by RobertSheckley), to Christianity -- or its ThemeParkVersion. Mostly PlayedForLaughs.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' to Myth/ClassicalMythology.
** Although WordOfGod has said it's a case of AllMythsAreTrue.

** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' to ancient Myth/GreekMythology. Percy Jackson is a son of Poseidon who, along with his friends, has to prevent the titan Kronos from destroying the world.

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' to Myth/{{Greek mythology}}.

* Creator/JRRTolkien's early drafts of ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', published in ''Lost Tales I&II'', are a clever inversion of this: Through a series of events and battles that are echoed mainly in Norse and Finnish mythology [[spoiler: Middle-Earth becomes our world. Tol Eressëa becomes England, Kortirion especially is identified as Warwick, and Elves still exist. The tales that Ælfwine/Eriol is told are the true pre-history of the world and later fictionalized among humans.]] This was toned down significantly to the point of near-abandonment in later drafts, though the fading of the Elves and the gradual dominion of humans remains a prevalent theme. Also impossible to get rid of completely: Some cunning linguists pointed out that a huge number of Tolkien's Eldarin word roots are built to act as predecessors of reconstructed Indo-European, theoretically transporting the idea of early humans using language they were taught by the Elves into the real world. See Faramir's quote on all speech of the world being Elvish in origin.

** Although [[NotAnExample not quite true]] for the [[YuGiOh source material]] itself. Aside from their version of Egyption mythology basically just being the ThemeParkVersion, a filler arc introduces {{Atlantis}}, and later series have, among other things, the Aesir, who are basically the Norse God Cards.

* Creator/NeilGaiman's works:
** ''Literature/GoodOmens'' to Christianity (mostly of a heavily Milton-influenced variety). Its SwitchingPOV protagonists include an angel, a demon, and the Antichrist.
** Literature/AnansiBoys focuses on the concept that West African mythology (and all named spiders and panthers that go along with it) do exist in the modern day. (Unless they're dead.) The protagonist is the son of the trickster spider god Anansi.

** ''Literature/EyeOfCat'' to NativeAmericanMythology -- in a far future, though nowhere near as far as the previous entry.

* In Creator/RowenAtkinson's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFGrQMD6Uqc "Welcome to Hell"]] he plays the Devil organizing new arrivals. As he splits them off to different groups, he announces "Christians. Ah yes, I'm sorry, I'm afraid the Jews were right."

* The ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' series' ''Recap/TintinTheSevenCrystalBalls'' and ''Recap/PrisonersOfTheSun'' have a real-world voodoo curse in effect, albeit attributed to Incas.

* FanFic/UchibiSasuke includes what seems to be traditional Asian mythology, as seen through the lens of the game Ookami.

** Literature/AnansiBoys, focuses on the concept that West African mythology (and all named spiders and panthers that go along with it) do exist in the modern day. (Unless they're dead.) The protagonist is the son of the trickster spider god Anansi.

** ''Literature/Heroes of Olympus'', the SequelSeries, blends in Roman mythology, introducing the Roman alter egos of the Greek Gods and Camp Jupiter, a Roman parallel to Camp Half-Blood.

* ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'' actually discuss this in their splatbook about demons. It's up to the Storyteller ''which'' religion is true in regard to the myth of demons, as long as the players are cool with it. This is a considerable improvement compared to ''DemonTheFallen'', which says that "demons are based on Christian lore, but the Christian lore of OWOD is not the Christian lore of RealLife".

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' to {{Greek mythology}}.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' and Japanese mythology. If you ignore [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the earlier games]], anyway.

** ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' to ancient GreekMythology. Percy Jackson is a son of Poseidon who, along with his friends, has to prevent the titan Kronos from destroying the world.

->'''Yugi:''' So let me get this straight: According to [[NoFourthWall this show]], the [[EgyptianMythology Egyptian Gods]] are ''real''.

** ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'' to EgyptianMythology. Carter and Sadie Kane run into just about every major Egyptian god in the pantheon. It's a SharedUniverse with ''Percy Jackson'', so while AMythologyIsTrue in the context of each individual work, it becomes a CrossoverCosmology at the meta-level.

** ''Literature/CreaturesOfLightAndDarkness'' to EgyptianMythology--in the far, far future.

** ''Literature/LordOfLight'' pretends to do this, using HinduMythology, except that the Gods are actually humans with psychic powers and advanced technology.

** Although [[NotAnExample not quite true]] for the [[YuiGiOh source material]] itself. Aside from their version of Egyption mythology basically just being the ThemeParkVersion, a filler arc introduces {{Atlantis}}, and later series have, among other things, the Aesir, who are basically the Norse God Cards.

** Although [[NotAnExample not quite true]] for the [[YuiGiOh source material]] itself. Aside from their version of Egyption mythology basically just being the ThemeParkVersion, a filler arc introduces {[Atlantis}}, and later series have, among other things, the Aesir, who are basically the Norse God Cards.

* UchibiSasuke includes what seems to be traditional Asian mythology, as seen through the lens of the game Ookami.

* Lampshaded in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''.

** Although WordOfGod has said it's a case of AllMythsAreTrue - every other god and pantheon exists and Kratos is going to kill them all.