World Mythology

Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Middle East

• The Enuma elish - Babylonia
• Osiris, Isis, and Horus - Egypt
• Telepinu - Hittite
• Gilgamesh - Sumer/Babylonia
• Esfandyar, the Prince Who Would be King - Persia

Greece and Rome

• The Creation of the Titans and the Gods - Greece
• The Ages of Man - Greece
• Demeter and Persephone - Greece
• The Labors and Death of Heracles - Greece
• The Iliad - Greece
• Jason and the Golden Fleece - Greece
• Medea - Greece
• Pyramus and Thisbe - Rome
• The Aeneid - Rome

The Far East and the Pacific Islands

• The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe - India
• The Ramayana - India
• The Creation of the Universe and Human Beings - China
• Chi Li Slays the Serpent - China
• Amaterasu - Japan
• Kotan Utannai - Japan
• The Creation Cycle - Polynesia/Maori
• The Taming of the Sun - Polynesia/Maori

The British Isles

• The Ages of the World - Ireland/Scotland
• Dagda the Good - Ireland/Scotland
• Beowulf - England/Scandinavia
• King Arthur - England/France

Northern Europe

• The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe
• The Death of Balder
• The Theft of Thor's Hammer
• Sigurd the Volsung

Africa

• The Creation of the Universe and Ife - Nigeria, Yoruba
• The Origin of Life and Fire - Zaire, Boshongo/Bakuba
• The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo - Benin, Fon
• Gassire's Lute - Ghana, Soninke
• Bakaridjan Kone - Mali, Segu

The Americas

• The Creation - Bolivia, Tiahuanaco/Aymara
• The Children of the Sun - Peru, Inca
• Wanadi the Creator - Venezuela, Yekuhana
• The Creation - Guatemala, Maya
• The Creation Cycle - Mexico, Toltec/Aztec
• Quezalcoatl - Mexico, Toltec/Aztec
• The Emergence - United States, Navajo
• Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away - United States, Crow
• The Woman Who Fell from the Sky - United States/Canada, Iroquois/Huron
• Raven and the Sources of Light - United States/Canada, Haida/Tsimshian/Tlingit
• Sedna - United States/Canada, Inuit
• Caught by a Hair-String - Canada, Micmac

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Characters with Pronounciation Guide