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Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore: Gods and Goddesses

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Maps & Mythological Figures




GREECE



Overviews



Religion & Mythology


Literature & Theatre


Gods & Goddesses



Aphrodite


Apollo


Ares


Artemis


Asclepius


Athena


Circe


Cronus


Demeter


Dionysus


Eros


Hades


Hebe


Hekate


Helios


Hephaestus


Hera


Hermes


Hestia


Hypnos


Nemesis


Nike


Pan


Persephone


Poseidon


Prometheus


Proteus


Theseus


Uranus


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



Apuleius, Lucius


Aristides of Athens


Delos


Delphi


Dodona


Eleusinian mysteries


Great Altar of Zeus at Pergamum


Greece, Classical


Greece, Hellenistic and Roman


Greece, Mycenaean


Helen of Troy


Hesiod


Homer


Longus


Midas


Mithrism


Orphism


Parthenon


Temple of Artemis at Ephesus


Thera


Troy


Selected Stories



Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius


Athena and the Contest of Arachne


Birth of Athena and the War with the Giants


Bellerophon and the Battle with Chimera


The Birth of Zeus


Cronus and the Birth of the Cosmos


The Death of Ajax


The Divine Loves of Zeus


Gaia and the Castration of Uranus


Hera and the Seduction of Zeus


Heracles′s Twelve Labors


Jason and the Theft of the Golden Fleece


The Love of Aphrodite and Anchises


Pandora and the Great Jar


Perseus and Medusa


Prometheus and the Theft of Fire


Tales of Odysseus (Lotus-Eaters, Cyclops)


Theseus and the Minotaur


Wrath of Artemis


Zeus and the Titan War


ROME



Overviews



Literature in Ancient Rome


Religion and Mythology


Life as a Priest in Ancient Rome


Roman Forum


Roman Military and Personal Deities


Roman Imperial Cults


Gods & Goddesses



Diana


Jupiter


Lares and Penates


Libertas


Mars


Mater Matuta


Minerva


Narcissus


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



Aeneas


Apollonius of Tyana


Ara Pacis


Arianism


Arria the Elder


Bible: New Testament


Coriolanus, Gnaeus Marcius


Denis, Saint


Gnosticism


Horace


Juvenal


Livy


Lucan


Lucilius, Gaius (poet)


Lucilius, Gaius (satirist)


Lucretia


Lucretius


Ovid


Pacuvius, Marcus


Pantheon


Phaedrus


Pompeii and Herculaneum


Propertius


Quintus Smyrnaeus


Romulus and Remus


Saint Helena


Saint Jerome


Seneca the Younger


Sibylline Books


Simon Magus


Statius


Valerius Flaccus, Gaius


Vergil


Verginia


Selected Stories



Apollo Establishes His Temple at Delphi


Cadmus Sowing the Dragon′s Teeth


Jove′s Great Deluge


NORSE, CELTIC & EUROPEAN



Overviews



Norse Mythology


Celtic Mythology


Basque & Iberian Mythology


Frankish Mythology


Gods & Goddesses



Aengus


Áine


Arawn


Baldr


Brigid


Cernunnos


The Dagda


Danu


Forseti


Freya


Freyr


Frigg


God the Father


Hod


Loki


Lugh


Manannán mac Lir


Mimir


Mokosh


Mórrígan


Njord


Odin


Rod


Thor


Týr


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



Anglo-Saxons


Byzantine Empire


Christianity


Dallán Forgaill


Edda


Etruscans


Fatima cult


Franks


Gauls


Goths


Picts


Slavs


Snorri Sturluson


Stonehenge


Selected Stories



The Aesir-Vanir War


Brynhildr, the Norse Valkyrie


Freya′s Necklace


How Thor Fought the Giant Hrungnir


Loki and the Dwarfs


Loki Bound


The Morrígu


The Nine Worlds of the Norse


The Norse Creation of the Cosmos


The Otter′s Ransom


The Theft of Mjölnir


THE AMERICAS



Overviews



Religion & Mythology in Medieval Mayan Empire


Religion & Mythology in Medieval Aztec Empire


Gods & Goddesses



Centeōtl


Chaac


Chalchiuhtlicue


Coatlicue


Great Spirit


Huitzilopochtli


Itzamná


Kinich Ahau


Kokopelli


Mayahuel


Mixcoatl


Quetzalcóatl


Tezcatlipoca


Tlaloc


Tlaltecuhtli


Tlazoltéotl


Tonatiuh


Viracocha


Xipe Totec


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



Adena culture


Akapana pyramid


Anasazi


Arawak


California peoples


Caribbean


Chavín de Huántar


Chichén Itzá


Cholula


Christianity in the New World


Copán


Coyote


Four Worlds


Ghost Dance


Hohokam culture


Kachinas


Later Religious Movements


Loa


Mixtecs


Moche culture


Monte Albán


Nasca culture


Olmecs


Palenque


Popol Vuh


Pyramid of the Moon


Raven


Teotihuacán


Tikal


Zapotecs


Selected Stories



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


Amalivaca


Origin of Living Creatures


The Rod of Gold


Uitoto Creation Story


The Fight with the Water Monster


Iroquois Creation Story


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


Sioux Creation Story


Talk Concerning the First Beginning


NEAR EAST



Overviews



Literature in Ancient Near East


Gods & Goddesses



Ahura Mazda


Allah


Anu


Enki


Enlil


Ereshkigal


Inanna


Ishtar


Marduk


Moloch


Nammu


Ningal


Ninhursag


Ninlil


Ninurta


Shamash


Trinity


Utu


Yahweh


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



‘Abd Allāh ibn al-′Abbās


Abū Bakr


Adam and Eve


‵Ā′ishah bint Abī Bakr


ՙAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib


Amos


‵Amr ibn al-‵Āṣ Mosque


Apocalypse


Aqhat epic


Avesta


The Bab


Bathsheba


Bible: Jewish


Christianity in the Near East


David


Dead Sea Scrolls


Elijah


Exodus


Ezekiel


Ezra


Fatimah


The Flood


Gilgamesh


Heaven and Hell


Hosea


Ḥusayn


Isaiah


Islam


James the Apostle


Jeremiah


Temple of Jerusalem


Jesus Christ


John the Baptist


John the Evangelist


Judaism


Kaaba


Mahdi


Manichaeanism


Mary


Moses


Al-Mu‵allaqāt


Muḥammad


Paul, Saint


Peter, Saint


Qur՚ān


Samson


Satan


Saul


Shahnameh


Solomon


Sufism


Talmud


Temple Mount


‵Uthmān ibn ‵Affān


Zoroaster


Zoroastrianism


Zurvanism


Selected Stories



Before all Befores


The Birth of the Great Gods and Goddesses


Enki and Ninhursaĝa


Enuma elish, the Babylonian Creation Myth


Gilgameš and Huwawa


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


Ahura Mazda and the Battle between Good and Evil


The Baal Myth from Ugarit


The Creation and Fall


FAR EAST



Overviews



Literature


Life as a Priest


Gods & Goddesses



Amaterasu


Cai Shen


Chang’e


Dian Mu


Dragon King


Guanyin


Inari


Jade Emperor


Lei Gong


Nezha


Nüwa


Pangu


Shangdi


Wangmu Niangniang


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



Angkor


Barong


Bodhidharma


Bodhisattva


Buddha


Buddhism


Buddhist cave temples


Confucius


Dangun Wanggeom


Daoism


Dhammapada


Huainanzi


Huiyuan


Jātakas


Jimmu Tennū


Kojiki


Laozi


Liu Bang (Gaozu of Han)


Liu Yiqing


Mao Shan revelations


Mulanshi


Nat


Nihon Shoki


Nintoku


Shintō


Zengzi


Zhuge Liang


Zhuangzi


Selected Stories



Yinglong, the Winged Dragon


Pangu Creates the World


Water War


Garuda


Hainuwele


In the Palace of the Sea God


Izanami-no-Mikoto


The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman


Ch′ŏnjiwangbonp′uri


INDIA



Overviews



Religion in Ancient India


Literature in Ancient India


Gods & Goddesses



Brahmā


Ganesha


Indra


Kali


Kamadeva


Kartikeya


Krishna


Lakshmi


Pārvatī


Rāma


Rāvaṇa


Saraswati


Śiva


Tengri


Viṣṇu


Yama


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



Ānanda


Anatolia


Appar


Āraṇyakas


Ashvaghosa


Bactria


Bhagavadgītā


Bharata Muni


Bhāravi


Bhāsa


Bhavabhūti


Brāhmaṇas


Guṇāḍhya


Guru Nanak


Harivaṃśa


Hinduism


Hittites


Huns


Jainism


Kālidāsa


Kushān Dynasty


Mahābhārata


Mahābodhi temple


Mahavira


Menander


Mongolia


Nārāyaṇa


Pārvatī Devī temple


Purāṇas


Rāmāyaṇa


Scythia


Sikhism


Sūtras


Suttanipāta


Tantras


Tara


Tipiṭaka


Upaniṣads


Vedas


Vedism


Selected Stories



Brahmā the Creator


The Creation of the Ganges


Durgā


The Heavenly Nymph and Her Mortal Husband


The Incarnations of Viṣṇu


Matsya and the Great Flood


EGYPT



Overviews



Literature


Religion and Mythology


Gods & Goddesses



Amun


Anubis


Bastet


Geb


Hathor


Horus


Isis


Maat


Nut


Osiris


Ra


Sekhmet


Seth


Thoth


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



Akhenaton


Alexandrian library


Book of the Dead


Cult of Isis


Monophysitism


Pharaonic Egypt


Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt


Pyramids and the Sphinx


Ramses II


Rosetta stone


Septuagint


Tale of Two Brothers


Selected Stories



Amen-Ra, the God of Empire


The Battle of Horus and Set


The Bentresh Stela


The Boat of Ra


The Book of Thoth


Horus and the City of Pe


Isis and the Seven Scorpions


The Name of Ra


The Rise of Amen


AFRICA



Overviews



Literature


Religion and Mythology


Folklore


Gods & Goddesses



Apedemak


Divinity


Orisha


Sacred Places, Figures, Practices & Texts



African rock art, southern and eastern


Axum


Cushites


Ethiopia


Henotheism


Kerma


Napata and Meroe


Nubia


Queen of Sheba


Selected Stories



The Daughter of Sun and Moon


The Gods Descend from Heaven


The Sacrifice of Mórimi


The Thunder Bride


THE PACIFIC



Overviews



Religion & Mythology on Ancient Pacific Islands


Religion & Mythology in Ancient Australia & New Zealand


Gods & Goddesses



Lono


SACRED PLACES, FIGURES, PRACTICES & TEXTS


Djanggawul cycle


Dreaming


Mana


Uluru


Selected Stories



Birth of Sea and Land Life


Bram-Bram-Bult


The Children of Heaven and Earth


Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa


Mataora′s Visit to Hawaiki


Myth of Māui


The Polynesian Creation Myth


The Samoan Story of Creation


INDEXES



Index of Civilizations, Cultures & Sacred Places


Index of Creation Stories


Index of Gods & Goddesses


Index of Practices & Cults


Index of Sacred & Important Figures


Chronological Index of Stories & Sacred Texts


Bibliography by Region


Sample Lesson Plan


Mythology in the Classroom