Re: Mari mythology.
Well, I was never particularly interested in this particular people - after all, there are more than 200 various peoples in Russia, according to statistics... But they are surely of Finn-hungarian group. Site seems authentic enough, but I'm not specialist. As I understand, you can also buy a full version of his encyclopedia - but of course, you will need somebody who will agree to translate such a volume! %)
There are also some sources on various mythologies of peoples of Russia in Russian sector of Livejournal - sometimes even posted by actual researchers...
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