World Mythology,9780844257679

World Mythology

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780844257679
ISBN10: 0844257672
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-02-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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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