Volume 1. Publisher's Note -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- List of Frontispiece Photos -- AFRICA -- OVERVIEWS -- Ancient African Literature -- African Religion and Mythology -- Traditional African Folklore -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- The Daughter of Sun and Moon -- The Gods Descend from Heaven -- How Beasts and Serpents First Came into the World -- Mami Wata -- The Sacrifice of Morimi -- Kaang -- Kintu and Nambi -- Mangala and Pemba -- Mawu and Aido Hwedo -- Mbombo -- Mwuetsi -- Ngai -- Nzame -- Oduduwa and the Divine Kings -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- African Oral Literature -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Amma -- Apedemak -- Divinity -- Eshu -- Olodumare -- Orisha -- MESOAMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA -- OVERVIEWS -- Mayan Religion and Mythology -- Aztec Religion and Mythology -- Incan Civilization -- Pre-Columbian Caribbean Peoples -- Amazonia -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- Amalivaca -- Anansi -- The Azteca -- The Aztec Creation Myth -- The Creation of Music -- How Evils Befell Mankind -- How the Jaguar Lost His Fire -- Hunahpu and Xbalanque -- Legend of the Fifth Sun -- The Lords of Xibalba -- The Maya Creation Myth -- The Men from the Sea -- The Monkey's Exploit -- Origin of Living Creatures -- Quetzalcoatl -- The Rod of Gold -- Uitoto Creation Story -- Viracocha -- The White Condor -- A Young Man and the Star -- Additional Aztec Myths -- Additional Incan Myth -- Quiche Myth -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Aztec Sources -- Incan Sources -- Mayan Sources -- Traditional Oral Sources -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Centeftl -- Chaac -- Chalchiuhtlicue -- Coatlicue -- Huitzilopochtli -- Itzamna -- Kinich Ahau -- Loa -- Mayahuel -- Mixcoatl -- Pachamama -- Quetzalcoatl -- Tezcatlipoca -- Tlaloc -- Tlaltecuhtli -- Tlazolteotl -- Tonatiuh -- Viracocha -- Xipe Totec -- NORTH AMERICA -- OVERVIEWS -- Native American Ethnophilosophy and Worldview -- Native American Oral Literatures.2 aNative American Sacred Narratives -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- Coyote Tale -- The First Beginning -- Iroquois Creation Story -- Legend of the Buffalo Dance -- Ottawa Creation Story -- Paiyatuma and the Maidens of the Corn -- Raven Steals Daylight from the Sky -- Sedna, Goddess of the Sea -- Sioux Creation Story -- Wunzh -- Two Apache Myths -- Chelan (Salish) Myth -- Daughter of the Sun -- Three Short Cherokee Myths -- Chinook Myth -- Chippewa (Ojibwa) Myths -- Hopi Myths of Creation -- Additional Inuit Myths -- Additional Iroquois Myths -- Two Lakota Myths -- Navajo (Dine) Creation Stories -- Potawatomi (Neshnabe) Myth -- Sedna Myths -- Two Seminole Myths -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Native American Oral Tradition -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Changing Woman -- Corn Woman -- Coyote -- Great Spirit -- Guardian Spirits -- Kachinas -- Kokopelli -- Raven -- Sedna -- THE FAR EAST -- OVERVIEWS -- Literature of the Ancient Far East -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- The Adventures of Kintarf, the Golden Boy -- Adventures of Monkey -- Ch'onjiwangbonp'uri -- The Dragons -- The First People -- Garuda -- How a Man Got the Better of Two Foxes -- In the Palace of the Sea God -- Izanami-no-Mikoto -- Origin of the Tiger -- Pangu Creates the World -- Prince Mountain and Princess Mountain -- The Spirit of the Lotus Lily -- Water War -- The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman -- Yu Rebuilds the Earth -- Ainu Myth -- Additional Chinese Myths -- Additional Japanese Myths -- Additional Korean Myths -- Mongolian Myth -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Ashvaghosa -- Confucius -- Dhammapada -- Huainanzi -- Jatakas -- Kojiki -- Laozi -- Liu Yiqing -- Mulanshi -- Nihon shoki -- Suttanipata -- Tantras -- Tipi aka -- Zhuangzi -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Amaterasu -- Cai Shen -- Chang'e -- Dian Mu -- Dragon King -- Guanyin -- Inari -- Izanagi and Izanami -- Jade Emperor -- Lei Gong -- Nuwa -- Pangu - Shangdi.2 aSusa-no-o -- Tara -- Tengri -- Wangmu Niangniang -- NORSE, CELTIC, AND EUROPEAN -- MYTHOLOGY -- OVERVIEWS -- Overview of Religion in Ancient Europe -- Norse Mythology -- Religion and Mythology in Medieval Scandinavia -- Celtic Mythology -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- The Aesir-Vanir War -- Blodeuwedd the Flower Maiden Goddess -- Brynhildr, the Norse Valkyrie -- Freya's Necklace -- Frey's Courtship of Gerd -- Loki and the Dwarfs -- The Nine Worlds of the Norse -- The Norse Creation of the Cosmos -- Odin's Discovery of the Runes -- The Otter's Ransom -- Ragnarok -- From the Finnish Kalevala Epic -- Hungarian (Magyar) Creation Saga -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Celtic Myths and Their Sources -- Norse Myths and Their Sources -- Dallan Forgaill -- Edda -- Snorri Sturluson -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Aengus -- Aine -- Arawn -- Baldr -- Brigid -- Cernunnos -- The Dagda -- Danu -- Forseti -- Freya -- Freyr -- Frigg -- Hod -- Loki -- Lugh -- Manannan mac Lir -- Mimir -- Mokosh -- Morrigan -- Njord -- Odin -- Rod -- Thor -- Tyr -- THE PACIFIC AND OCEANIA -- OVERVIEWS -- Religion and Mythology on Ancient -- Pacific Islands -- Religion and Mythology in Ancient Australia -- and New Zealand -- MYTHS -- Birth of Sea and Land Life -- Borah of Byamee -- Bram-Bram-Bult -- The Children of Heaven and Earth -- Dream of Haumaka -- Hainuwele -- Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa -- Mataora's Visit to Hawaiki -- Myth of Maui -- The Polynesian Creation Myth -- The Samoan Story of Creation -- Seven Sisters -- The Two Sorcerers -- What Makes the Waves -- Additional Indigenous Australian Myths -- Additional M3ori Myths -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Oral Tradition in Oceania -- Djanggawul Cycle -- Dreaming -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Lono -- Rainbow Serpent -- Rangi -- Tangaroa. Volume 2. EGYPT -- OVERVIEWS -- Literature in Ancient Egypt -- Religion and Mythology in Ancient Egypt -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- Amen-Ra, the God of Empire -- The Battle of Horus and Set -- The Boat of Ra -- The Book of Thoth -- The Egyptian Creation Myth -- The Gods of Egypt -- Isis and the Search for Osiris -- The Name of Ra -- Shu and Tefnut -- The Two Brothers -- Additional Egyptian Myth -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Ancient Egyptian Texts -- Book of the Dead -- Rosetta Stone -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Amun -- Anubis -- Bastet -- Geb -- Hathor -- Horus -- Isis -- Maat -- Nut -- Osiris -- Ra -- Sekhmet -- Seth -- Thoth -- GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY -- OVERVIEWS -- Greek Religion and Mythology -- Greek Literature and Theatre -- Religion and Mythology in Ancient Rome -- Literature in Ancient Rome -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- Aphrodite and Adonis -- Apollo and the Thessalian Hyacinthus -- Apollo Establishes His Temple at Delphi -- Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius -- Athena and the Contest of Arachne -- Birth of Athena and the War with the Giants -- The Birth of Zeus -- Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth -- Cronus and the Birth of the Cosmos -- Cupid and Psyche -- Daphne the Naiad Nymph -- The Divine Loves of Zeus -- Gaia and the Castration of Uranus -- Hades and Persephone -- Heracles's Twelve Labors -- Hymn to Aphrodite -- Jove's Great Deluge -- King Oedipus Is Revealed -- The Myth of Atlantis -- Pandora and the Great Jar -- Perseus and Medusa -- Prometheus and the Theft of Fire -- Romulus and Remus -- The Statue of Pygmalion -- Wrath of Artemis -- Zeus and the Titan War -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Alexandrian Library -- Apuleius, Lucius -- Delos -- Delphi -- Dodona -- Eleusinian Mysteries -- Hesiod -- Homer -- Ovid -- Propertius -- Quintus Smyrnaeus -- Romulus and Remus -- Seneca the Younger -- Sibylline Books -- Statius -- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius -- Vergil -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Aphrodite -- Apollo -- Ares -- Artemis -- Athena - Cronus.2 aCupid -- Demeter -- Diana -- Eros -- Hades -- Hebe -- Hekate -- Helios -- Hephaestus -- Hera -- Hermes -- Hestia -- Hypnos -- Jupiter -- Libertas -- Mars -- Mater Matuta -- Minerva -- Nemesis -- Nike -- Pan -- Persephone -- Poseidon -- Prometheus -- Proteus -- Theseus -- Uranus -- Zeus -- INDIA -- OVERVIEWS -- Religion in Ancient India -- Literature in Ancient India -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- Brahma the Creator -- The Creation of the Ganges -- Damayantt's Choice -- The Devotion of Sita -- Draupadt -- Durga -- Gotama's Attainment -- The Heavenly Nymph and Her Mortal Husband -- The Incarnations of Visnu -- Matsya and the Great Flood -- Kiva and Parvati -- Additional India Myth -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Appar -- Aranoyakas -- Ashvaghosa -- Bhagavadgtta -- Bharavi -- Bhasa -- Bhavabhnti -- Brahmanas -- Gunadhya -- Harivapka -- Kalidasa -- Mahabharata -- Puranoas -- Ramayana -- Sntras -- Suttanipata -- Tantras -- Upanisads -- Vedas -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Brahma -- Ganesha -- Indra -- Kali -- Kamadeva -- Kartikeya -- Krishna -- Lakshmi -- Narayana -- Parvati -- Rama -- Ravana -- Saraswati -- Siva -- Visnu -- Yama -- THE NEAR EAST -- OVERVIEWS -- Literature in the Ancient Near East -- MYTHS AND STORIES -- AhuraMazda and the Battle between Good and Evil -- The Baal Myth from Ugarit -- Before All Befores -- The Birth of the Great Gods and Goddesses -- The Burning Bush -- The Creation and Fall -- The Creation of Enkidu -- The Death of Enkidu -- The Death of Gilgames -- Enki and Ninhursaga -- Enlil and Ninlil -- Enuma elish, the Babylonian Creation Myth -- Etana, King of Kish -- Inana and Su-kale-tuda -- Inana's Descent -- Istar and Tammuz -- The Journey of Nanna to Nippur -- Marduk the Dragon Slayer -- Nanna and Ningal -- Ninurta and the Turtle -- Pharaoh's Dreams -- The Story of Job -- The Sumerian Creation of Humankind -- The Theft of Destiny.2 aThe Tower of Babel -- Uta-Napishtim and the Deluge -- SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS -- Aqhat Epic -- Atrahasis Epic -- Avesta -- Babylonian Written Sources -- Bible: Jewish -- Dead Sea Scrolls -- Gilgamesh Epic -- Septuagint -- Shahnameh -- Sumerian Writing and Culture -- GODS AND GODDESSES -- Ahura Mazda -- Anu -- Baal -- Enki -- Enlil -- Ereshkigal -- God the Father -- Inanna -- Ishtar -- Marduk -- Moloch -- Nammu -- Ningal -- Ninhursag -- Ninlil -- Ninurta -- Shamash -- Utu -- INDEXES -- Chronological Index of Myths and Stories -- Index of Selected Sources and Authors -- Index of Gods and Goddesses -- Bibliography by Region -- Subject Index.
Summary:
Focuses on stories about the origin of the cosmos and of human life, with more than 400 entries divided into Myths and Stories, Gods and Goddesses, and Selected Sources and Authors.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.