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Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore: World Mythology

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Introduction




Contributors




Maps and Mythological Figures




The Azteca




The Aztec Creation Myth




The Birth of the War God




Cihuacóatl as Warrior




The Creation of Music




Hunahpú and Xbalanqué




Legend of the Fifth Sun




The Lords of Xibalba




The Maya Creation Myth




The Fight with the Water Monster




George Washington: I Cannot Tell a Lie




The Girl Who Married a Gnome




How Jack O’Lanterns Came to Be




Iroquois Creation Story




John Henry: The Steel Driving Man




La Llorona, Omen of Death




The Legend of Joaquín Murrieta




Legend of the Buffalo Dance




Ottawa Creation Story




Paíyatuma and the Maidens of the Corn




Raven Steals Daylight from the Sky




Sedna, Goddess of the Sea




Shaman Isaac Tens




Sioux Creation Story




Talk Concerning the First Beginning




Wunzh




Amalivaca




The Boy Who Rose to the Sky




How Evils Befell Mankind




How the Jaguar Lost His Fire




The Men from the Sea




The Monkey’s Exploit




Origin of Living Creatures




The Rod of Gold




Uitoto Creation Story




Viracocha




A Young Man and the Star




Birth of Sea and Land Life




Borah of Byamee




Bram-Bram-Bult




The Children of Heaven and Earth




Dream of Haumaka




Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa




Mataora’s Visit to Hawaiki




The Polynesian Creation Myth




The Samoan Story of Creation




Seven Sisters




The Two Sorcerers




What Makes the Waves




The Daughter of Sun and Moon




The Gods Descend from Heaven




How Beasts and Serpents First Came into the World




The Sacrifice of Mórimi




The Slave Called the World




Thunder and Anansi




The Thunder Bride




Amen-Ra, the God of Empire




The Battle of Horus and Set




The Bentresh Stela




The Boat of Ra




The Book of Thoth




The Egyptian Creation Myth




The Gods of Egypt




Horus and the City of Pe




Instruction of Amenemhet




Isis and the Seven Scorpions




The Island of Enchantment




The Name of Ra




The Rise of Amen




The Tale of Sinuhe




The Two Brothers




The Victory of Sinuhe




Ahura Mazda and the Battle between Good and Evil




The Baal Myth from Ugarit




The Burning Bush




The Creation and Fall




The Nursemaid of Rostam




Pharaoh’s Dreams




Samson the Judge




The Story of Job




The Tower of Babel




Before All Befores




The Birth of the Great Gods and Goddesses




The Creation of Enkidu




The Death of Enkidu




The Death of Gilgameš




Enki and Ninhursaĝa




Enuma elish, the Babylonian Creation Myth




Etana, King of Kish




Inana and Šu-kale-tuda




Inana’s Descent




The Journey of Nanna to Nippur




Marduk the Dragon Slayer




Nanna and Ningal




Ninurta and the Turtle




The Sin of the God Zu




The Sumerian Creation of Humankind




The Theft of Destiny




Uta-Napishtim and the Deluge




The Adventures of Kintarō, the Golden Boy




The Casting of the Great Bell




Ch’ŏnjiwangbonp’uri




The Dragons




The Fairy Princess of Mount Ophir




The First People




Garuda




How a Man Got the Better of Two Foxes




In the Palace of the Sea God




The Island of Women




The Korean Cinderella




The Magic White Swan




The Magnanimous Girl




Origin of the Tiger




Pangu Creates the World




Prince Mountain and Princess Mountain




The Spirit of the Lotus Lily




Urashima Tarō




Water War




The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman




Yinglong, the Winged Dragon




Yu Rebuilds the Earth




Brahmā the Creator




The Creation of the Ganges




Damayantī’s Choice




Draupadī




Durgā




Gotama’s Attainment




The Heavenly Nymph and Her Mortal Husband




The Incarnations of Visnu




Matsya and the Great Flood




Beowulf and the Battle with Grendel




The Birth of Bran




Childe Rowland




The Combat of Fer Díad and Cúchulainn




Culhwch and Olwen: Hunting the Twrch Trwyth




The Death of King Arthur




The Fisher King




Havelok and Godard




King Arthur and Guinevere




King Arthur’s Round Table




The Legend of Tuan mac Carell




The Marriage of Sir Gawain




The Mermaid




The Morrígu




Oisín’s Mother




The Order of Scáthach




Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail




Sir Gammer Vans




The Story of Saint Kenelm




The Story of the Young Cuckoo




Achilles and the Stern Waters of Styx




Apollo Establishes His Temple at Delphi




Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius




Bellerophon and the Battle with Chimera




The Birth of Zeus




Cadmus Sowing the Dragon’s Teeth




Cronus and the Birth of the Cosmos




The Death of Ajax




The Divine Loves of Zeus




Gaia and the Castration of Uranus




Helen of Troy




Hera and the Seduction of Zeus




Jove’s Great Deluge




King Oedipus Is Revealed




The Line and the Cave




The Love of Aphrodite and Anchises




The Myth of Atlantis




The Myth of Er




Pandora and the Great Jar




Prometheus and the Theft of Fire




The Prophecy of Paris




The Sack of Troy




The Statue of Pygmalion




The Twelfth Labor: Hercules and Cerberus




The Vengeance of Medea




Zeus and the Titan War




The Aesir-Vanir War




Brynhildr, the Norse Valkyrie




Freya’s Necklace




How Thor Fought the Giant Hrungnir




Loki and the Dwarfs




Loki Bound




The Nine Worlds of the Norse




The Norse Creation of the Cosmos




Odin’s Discovery of the Runes




The Otter’s Ransom




Ragnarok




The Theft of Mjölnir




The Death of Roland




Diamonds and Toads




El Cid




The Emperor’s New Clothes




The Enchanted Maiden




The Gingerbread Man




Hop o’ My Thumb




Little Red Cap




Petrosinella




Princess Belle-Étoile




Princess Rosette




Snow-White and Rose-Red




Thumbelina




Baba Yaga




The Boys with the Golden Stars




Cinderella




The Dragon and the Prince




Father Frost




The Feather of Finist the Falcon




The Firebird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa




Ilya Muromets and the Dragon




King Kojata




The Lime Tree




Prince Bayaya




Princess Miranda and Prince Hero




Mythology in the Classroom




Lesson Plan: Creation Stories: A Comparative Analysis




Timeline




Guide to Online Resources




Bibliography




Country and Culture Index




Chronological Index




Index