Table of Contents

PrefaceIntroductionThe Middle EastBabyloniaThe Enuma elishEgyptOsiris, Iris, and HorusHittiteTelepinuSumer/BabyloniaGilgameshPersiaEsfandyar, the Prince Who Would Be KingGreece and RomeGreeceThe Creation of the Titans and the GodsThe Ages of ManDemeter and PersephoneThe Labors and Death of HeraclesThe IliadJason and the Golden FleeceMedeaRomePyramus and ThisbeThe AeneidThe Far East and the Pacific IslandsIndiaThe Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the UniverseThe RamayanaChinaThe Creation of the Universe and Human BeingsChi Li Slays the SerpentJapanAmaterasuKotan Utunnai (Ainu)New ZealandThe Creation Cycle (Polynesia/Maori)HawaiiThe Taming of the Sun (Polynesia/Hawaii)The British IslesIreland/ScotlandThe Ages of the WorldDagda the GoodEngland/ScandinaviaBeowulfEngland/FranceKing ArthurNorthern EuropeThe Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the UniverseThe Death of BalderThe Theft of Thor's HammerSigurd the VolsungAfricaNigeriaThe Creation o the Universe and Ife (Yoruba)ZaireThe Origin of Life and Fire (Boshongo/Bakuba)BeninThe Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo (Fon)GhanaGassire's Lute (Soninke)MaliBakaridjan Kone (Segu)The AmericasBoliviaThe Creation (Tiahuanaco/Aymara)PeruThe Children of the Sun (Inca)VenezuelaWanadi the Creator (Yekuhana)GuatemalaThe Creation (Maya)MexicoThe Creation Cycle (Toltec/Aztec)Quetzalcoatl (Toltec/Aztec)United StatesThe Emergence (Navajo)Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away (Crow)United States/CanadaThe Woman Who Fell from the Sky (Iroquois/Huron)Raven and the Sources of Light (Haida/Tsimshian/Tlingit)Sedna (Inuit)CanadaCaught by a Hair-String (Micmac)NotesSelected BibliographyIndex of Characters with Pronunciation Guide

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