World Mythology

This volume offers 59 of the world's great myths--including selections fromThe Iliad and the Odyssey,Beowulf,King ArthurandQuetzalcoatl. Each myth is accompanied by an introduction that offers historical background and suggests avenues for literary analysis.

Preface

xiii

Introduction

xv

The Purpose of Myths

xvi

The Matriarchal Society

xix

Academic Perspectives on Myths

xx

Greece and Rome

2

(146)

Greece

The Creation of the Titans and the Gods

4

(8)

The Ages of Man

12

(2)

Demeter and Persephone

14

(6)

The Flood Cycle

20

(6)

Lycaon: The Cause

21

(2)

The Flood: Punishment

23

(1)

Deucalion and Pyrrha: Rebirth

24

(2)

The Labors and Death of Heracles

26

(5)

The Iliad

31

(44)

The Odyssey

75

(35)

Rome

Romulus and Remus

110

(3)

The Aeneid

113

(35)

The Middle East

148

(56)

Babylonia

The Enuma elish

150

(9)

Egypt

Osiris, Isis, and Horus

159

(9)

Hittite

Telepinu

168

(4)

Summer/Babylonia

Gilgamesh

172

(32)

Northern Europe

204

(50)

The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe

206

(7)

The Theft of Idun's Apples

213

(3)

The Death of Balder

216

(7)

The Theft of Thor's Hammer

223

(3)

Sigurd the Volsung

226

(28)

The British Isles

254

(70)

Ireland/Scotland

The Ages of the World (Celtic)

256

(9)

Dagda the Good (Celtic)

265

(2)

England/Scandinavia

Beowulf

267

(21)

England/France

King Arthur

288

(36)

The Far East and the Pacific Islands

324

(76)

India

The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe

326

(4)

Indra and the Dragon

330

(3)

The Ramayana

333

(26)

China

The Creation of the Universe

359

(3)

Yi the Archer and the Ten Suns

362

(2)

The Quest for the Sun

364

(5)

Japan

The Creation of the Universe and Japan

369

(4)

Amaterasu

373

(3)

Kotan Utunnai (Ainu)

376

(10)

New Zealand

The Creation Cycle (Polynesia/Maori)

386

(8)

The Creation of the Universe and the Gods

387

(3)

The Creation of Human Beings

390

(2)

The Creation of New Zealand

392

(2)

Hawaii

The Taming of the Sun (Polynesia/Hawaii)

394

(6)

Africa

400

(64)

Nigeria

The Creation of the Universe and Ife (Yoruba)

402

(6)

Benin

The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo (Fon)

408

(2)

Faraka

Gassire's Lute (Soninke)

410

(6)

Mali

Sunjata (Mande/Keita)

416

(36)

Zaire

Mwindo (Nyanga)

452

(12)

The Americas

464

(73)

Bolivia

The Creation (Tiahuanaco/Aymara)

467

(3)

Peru

The House of Origin (Inca)

470

(3)

Bolivia/Peru

The Children of the Sun (Tiahuanaco/Aymara/Inca)

473

(3)

Surinam/Brazil

Paraparawa and Waraku (Trio)

476

(3)

Guatemala

The Creation (Maya)

479

(5)

Mexico

The Creation Cycle (Toltec/Aztec)

484

(8)

The Five Worlds and Their Suns

486

(2)

The Creation of the Earth

488

(1)

The Creation of Human Beings

488

(2)

The Creation of Music

490

(2)

Quetzalcoatl (Toltec/Aztec)

492

(5)

United States

The Emergence (Navajo)

497

(6)

Ahaiyuta and the Cloud-Eater (Zuni)

503

(3)

Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away (Crow)

506

(3)

United States/Canada

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky (Iroquois/Huron)

509

(8)

Raven and the Sources of Light (Haida/Tsimshian/Tlingit)

517

(3)

Sedna (Inuit)

520

(5)

Canada

Caught by a Hair-String (Micmac)

525

(12)

Notes

537

(22)

Selected Bibliography

559

(14)

Index of Characters with Pronunciation Guide

573

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