Norse I am familiar with. The other mythologies I tend to gravitate toward are Classic and Celtic; I don't know too much outside of those -- the odd god or goddess of Egyptian myth, maybe.
I'm currently working on a book, not that that means anything haha... a kind of handbook to cosmology around the world. So, I've been trying to familiarize myself with the major myths of the major cultures, and then work my way down to more obscure ones. Classical is the benchmark, really, because we in the west get taught it in school. I mean what would grade/year 3 be without Zeus and Poseidon?? I find it quite easy if you wittle your way down to the basics and work your way up. Luckily in many mythologies in the Asia and Europe there are similar patterns.
So, Dr. Carol Rose. I have heard of them... now. And will look into them. I am particularly interested in that Giants, Monsters, and Beasts: An Encyclopedia book. There a number of mythology books on my shelf that are still waiting to be read, though, so hard to know when I'll actually get to them. Is Chinese mythology among the Asian myths you read? I expect they would be fascinating.
She's fantastic, and her work is sourced very well so you can look up further books. It's encyclopedic without it being too cumbersome. I highly recommend her work! I have books on Chinese mythology but I find them very convaluted. The issue with China is that you have three sometimes four different pantheons that converged: Buddhist, Taoist, Traditional, and Tibetan. So a God in one system is recognized as something else in another, and then the Buddhist Gods and the Taoist Gods interact and,...very messy. But it's fascinating to study the cultural shifts that gave rise to certain myths. I'm only really just delving into them, having already studied Indian and Buddhist myths of Tibet and India.
What was your major in University, then?
haha, this is the thing, I did social work in college and then general Humanities with a focus on religion in University. So, I took religion 101 courses, a few courses on South Asia that mingled politics, culture and religion. I took some psych, sociology. A few of the more interesting ones were on colonialism and south asia, as well as a course on gnosticism. So, generally...very eclectic haha. They were great.