Neat research links
http://www.cyberspacei.com/englishwiz/library/names/etymology_of_last_names.htm#G
useful information about names, zodiac, wordplay
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/folklore/folklore/articles.html
"encyclopedia mythica" very helpful when shopping for ideas, although not always informative and follow up research is usually needed. Note: If doing research on Native American lore here, the articles are usually named for the Native American words,
Unrelated, find information about Bardi (Jackal spirit from Turkish folklore).
Wikipedia entry- useless. had one sentence. Ditto for most other websites. it wouldn't have been so bad if they all had a different sentence and this was like putting together a puzzle, but they all had the same sentence.