Editing Christian mythology (section)

==Other examples==
[[File:Paradiso Canto 31.jpg|thumb|right|''Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven (The Empyrean)'', illustration for the ''Divine Comedy'' by Gustave Doré (1832–1883), Paradiso Canto 31.]]
Examples of (1) Christian myths not mentioned in canon and (2) literary and traditional elaborations on canonical Christian mythology:
*Versions of Christian mythology used by [[Gnostic Christianity]]
**The [[Valentinus (Gnostic)|Valentinian]] creation myth involving [[Sophia (wisdom)|Sophia]] and the [[demiurge]].<ref>Brons</ref>
**The [[Manichaean]] creation myth.<ref>"Manichean Psalm: Let Us Worship the Spirit of the Paraclete"; Arendzen (section on "Doctrine")</ref>
**The Gnostic accounts of Jesus, some of which present a [[Docetic]] view of Jesus; see [[Gnostic Gospels]].
*Literary treatments of Christian canon or theology
**[[John Milton]]'s ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', which describes Satan's rebellion against God and the Fall of Man, and his ''[[Paradise Regained]]'', which describes Satan's temptation of Christ.
**[[Dante Alighieri]]'s ''[[Divine Comedy]]'', a literary allegory that describes a visit to Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.
**[[John Bunyan]]'s ''[[Pilgrim's Progress]]'', a Christian spiritual allegory.
**C. S. Lewis's ''[[The Pilgrim's Regress]]'', a more modern Christian spiritual allegory.
**According to some interpretations, [[Aslan]]'s role in C. S. Lewis's ''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe]]'' allegorically represents Christ's death and resurrection (although Lewis denies that the story is a direct allegory; see section on "Mythopoeia" above).
*Legends about Christian [[saint]]s and heroes. Examples include [[Abgarus of Edessa]], [[John the Dwarf]], and [[Saint George]]. Legends about saints are commonly called [[hagiographies]]. Some such stories are heavily [[miracle|miraculous]], such as those found in [[Jacobus de Voragine]]'s ''[[Golden Legend]]''; others, less so.
*Stories about artifacts such as the [[Holy Grail]], [[Holy Lance]], and [[Shroud of Turin]].
*Names and biographical details supplied for unnamed Biblical characters; see ''[[List of names for the Biblical nameless]]''
*The legends of [[King Arthur]] and [[Matter of France|Charlemagne]] as Christian kings, notably the [[Quest]] for the [[Holy Grail]].
*Legendary history of the [[Christian church]]es, such as the tales from the [[Crusades]] or the [[paladin]]s in medieval [[romance (love)|romance]].
*Legends of the [[Knights Templar]] and the [[Priory of Sion]].
*Medieval Christian stories about [[angel]]s and [[guardian angel]]s.
*Non-canonical elaborations or amendments to Biblical tales, such as the tales of [[Salome (disciple)|Salomé]], the [[Magi|Three Wise Men]], or St. [[Dismas]].

{{See also|Christian literature}}