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Critical Survey of Mythology: Deadly Battles & Warring Enemies

Table of Contents

VOLUME I



Publisher’s Note


Editor's Introduction


Contributors


List of Frontispiece Photos


Maps & Mythological Figures


ANCIENT EGYPT


OVERVIEWS



Ancient Egypt


Religion and Mythology


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



The Gods of Egypt


Amen-Ra, the God of Empire


The Battle of Horus and Set


The Book of Thoth


Hathor


Horus


Horus and the City of Pe


Sekhmet


Seth


The Victory of Sinuhe


NEAR EAST


OVERVIEWS



The Near East


The Byzantine Empire


The Huns


Scythia


Mithrism


Muḥammad, the Qur’ān, and Islam


Yahweh and the Israelites


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



Ahura Mazda and the Battle between Good and Evil


‘Ā’ishah bint Abī Bakr


‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib


Apocalypse


The Baal Myth from Ugarit


David


David and Goliath


Gilgamesh


Ḥusayn


Inana and Šu-kale-tuda


Ishtar


Marduk the Dragon Slayer


Moloch


Al-Mu‘allaqāt


Ninurta and the Turtle


The Nursemaid of Rostam


Samson the Judge


Saul


Shamash


The Sin of the God Zu


Sindbad’s Third Voyage


The Theft of Destiny


‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān


INDIA


OVERVIEWS



Literature in Ancient India


Hinduism


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



Bhagavadgītā


Draupadī


Durgā


The Incarnations of Visnu


Indra


Kali


Kartikeya


Krishna


Mahābhārata


Ravana


EAST ASIA


OVERVIEWS



East Asia


Mongolia


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



The Ballad of Mulan


Chinese Battle of the Gods


Chinese Battles: Magical Feats and Magical Weapons


Ch’ŏnjiwangbonp’uri


Gesar of Ling


Kojiki


Li Chi Slays the Serpent


Liu Bang (Gaozu of Han)


Momotaro’s Adventures


“My Lord Bag of Rice”


Prince Yamato’s Adventures


Qutulun


Raiko and the Demon of Oyeyama


Raiko and the Goblin Spider


Shangdi


Slaying the Serpent


The Tale of the Heike: Myth into Art


Tomoe Gozen, Samurai Warrior


Vietnamese Rebels: The Trưng Sisters and Triệu Thị Trinh


Water War


Yinglong, the Winged Dragon


Yorimasa


Yoshitsune and Benkei


Yu Rebuilds the Earth


ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME


OVERVIEWS



Mycenaean Greece


Classical Greece


The Etruscans


Classical Rome


Roman Military and Personal Deities


Hellenistic and Roman Greece


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



Achilles Slays Hector


The Achilleid


Ajax


Amazon Queens


Ares


The Argonautica


The Argonautica: Jason and the Argonauts


The Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes: An Argonaut Fights King Amycus


The Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonauts Fight the Followers of King Amycus


The Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes: Treachery and the Golden Fleece


The Argonautica of Valerius Flaccus: Some Typical Battle Scenes


Artemisia, Queen of Caria


Athena


Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius


The Birth of Athena and the War with the Giants


The Myth of Atlantis


Bellerophon and the Battle with Chimera


Cadmus Kills a Dragon


Camilla, Queen of the Volscians


The Centaurs Battle Pirithoüs and His Allies


Cronus Castrates Uranus and Zeus Overthrows Cronus


Dionysus’s Female Fighters


Gaia and the Castration of Uranus


The Gigantomachy


Helen of Troy


Hera and the Seduction of Zeus


Heracles and His Twelve Labors


Heracles’s Twelfth Labor


Heracles’s Wrestling Acheloüs for Deïanira


Homer


Hypsicratea, Queen of Pontus


The Iliad


The Iliad: The Trojans Fight the Greeks


The Iliad: A Typical Battle Scene


Jupiter


Mars


Minerva


Nike


Nisus and Euryalas Attack the Sleeping Latin Camp


Tales of Odysseus: Lotus-Eaters, Cyclops


Penelope and the Suitors


Perseus and Medusa


Perseus Battles Phineus


Poseidon


The Posthomerica: The Heroic Amazon


The Posthomerica: The Heroic Amazon Confronts Ajax and Achilles


The Posthomerica: The Heroic Amazon Dies at the Hands of Achilles


Romulus and Remus


Semiramis, the Victorious Queen


Seven Against Thebes I


Seven Against Thebes II


Statius’s Thebaid I


Statius’s Thebaid II: Main Characters


Statius’s Thebaid III: A Carefully Balanced Battle


Statius’s Thebaid IV: A Night of Nightmarish Deaths


Statius’s Thebaid V: Two Brothers Die


Theseus’s Early Exploits


Theseus Kills the Minotaur


Thamyris, Queen of Scythia


Troy


Troy: Aeneas, and the Aeneid


Troy’s Destruction


Troy’s Destruction Remembered by Aeneas


Troy’s Emigrants Battle the Latins Until Aeneas Kills Turnus


Troy and Vergil (or Virgil)


Uranus


Zeus


Zeus and the Titan War


Zeus Defeats Typhon


VOLUME II



ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL EUROPE


OVERVIEWS



The Celts and Celtic Mythology


The Anglo-Saxons


The Gauls


The Goths


The Franks


Frankish Myths of Charlemagne and the Age of Chivalry


The Basque and Iberian Peoples


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



Áine


Arawn


Beowulf’s Battle with Grendel


Beowulf’s Final Battle


Christian Saints Confronting Dragons


El Cid


Cúchulainn, at Age Seven, Defeats Three Adult Brothers


Cúchulainn Battles against Calatin and His Children


Cúchulainn Defeats Fer Díad


Culhwch and Olwen: Hunting the Twrch Trwyth


The Dagda


Fer Díad Loses to Cúchulainn


Fráech, Helped by His Beloved, Battles a Water Monster


Iliach’s Clump-Fight


King Arthur in Le Morte d’Arthur I


King Arthur in Le Morte D’Arthur II


King Arthur’s Marriage with Guinevere


Lugh


The Mabinogion


Manannán mac Lir


The Morrígu


Mórrígan


Oisín’s Mother


Robin Hood


Roland’s Death


Saint George and the Dragon I


Saint George and the Dragon II


Scáthach, Goddess of War


The Son Defeats Satan during the War in Heaven


NORTHERN EUROPE


OVERVIEWS



Norse Mythology


Religion and Mythology in Medieval Scandinavia


The Norse Creation of the Cosmos


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



The Aesir-Vanir War


The Battle of Brávellir (aka Bravålla)


Brynhildr, the Norse Valkyrie


Dietrich and Hildebrand Battle Deadly Giants


Dietrich Defeats an Evil Magician and Rescues the Ice Queen


Dietrich Wins by Losing


Fafnir Slain by Sigurd


Forseti


Freya


Freyr


Gudrun Kills Atli to Avenge Her Brothers’ Deaths


Heimskringla I


Heimskringla II: Descriptions of Battles


Heimskringla III: Descriptions of Fighting and Its Aftermath


King Ortnit Battles Giants and Dragons


King Tidrich Helps a Lion Battle a Dragon


The Nibelungenlied


The Nine Worlds of the Norse


Odin


Odin’s Discovery of the Runes


The Otter’s Ransom


Ragnar Lodbrook Weds a Woman Warrior and Kills a Giant Serpent


Ragnarok


Siegfried Captures King Liudegast


Siegfried Defeats King Liudeger


Siegfried Is Betrayed and Killed


Siegfried’s Widow Takes Her Revenge


The Slaying of King Volsung


Thor


Thor Battles the Midgard Serpent


Thor Fights the Giant Hrungnir


Tyr


EASTERN EUROPE


OVERVIEWS



The Slavs


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



The Boys with the Golden Stars


The Dragon and the Prince


Ilya and the Imperceptive Prince


Ilya Muromets and the Dragon


Ilya and Nightingale the Robber


Ilya and the Terrifying Knight


Prince Bayaya


Princess Marvel, the Ogre, and the Prince


NON-EGYPTIAN AFRICA


OVERVIEWS



Ethiopia


Religion and Mythology in Non-Egyptian Africa


Folklore in Non-Egyptian Africa


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



Akoma Mba


Apedemak


Bassadjalan Zambele’s Battle with Zanke


Bassadjalan Zambele vs. Didiya Tiekele


Bayajida


Da Djera’s War against Samaniana Bassi


Da Monzon’s War against Samaniana Bassi


Diuladjan Diabi and the Cows of Woro


Diuladjan Diabi and the Forces of Treachery


Djekoro Bugu and the Rise of Kiban


Kibuka


Mboza, Shebuge, Continual War, and Lasting Fidelity


Ogbe Baba Akinyelure, Warrior of Ibode


Ogedengbe’s Drummers


Ogun


Olaniyan


Shango


The Thunder Bride


The Women’s War


The War between King Lion and King Elephant


NATIVE NORTH AMERICA


OVERVIEWS



Native American Tribes of North America


Battles and Warriors in the Mythologies of Native North Americans


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



Aliquipiso’s Sacrifice


Big Turtle on the Warpath


Brave Woman


Brief Native American War Legends


Coyote and Grizzly


Coyote and the Dragon


Creation of the Killer Whale


Dragon Slayers


The Fight with the Water Monster


Finding Horses


Fires at Grave Sites


Ghost Dance


The Gigantic Bird


How the Kiksadi Clan Came to Sitka


Mink’s War with the Sky People


Pau-puk-kee-wis


The Peace Pipe


Pohaha, the Warrior Girl


The Sacred Pole


The Search for the Corn Maidens


The Search for the Middle and the Hardening of the World


Turtle


War with the Thunderbirds


The Warlike Seven


Why the Wolves Help in War


Winona, the Child-Woman


CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA


OVERVIEWS



The Caribbean Peoples


The Olmecs


The Mixtecs


The Zapotecs


The Mayans


The Aztecs


Aztec Myths and Religion


The Arawaks


The Incas


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



Amazons in the Americas


Aviatsu Pays for His Murders


The Birth of the War God


Chichén Itzá


Cihuacóatl as Warrior


Coatlicue


Huitzilopochtli


Hunahpu and Xbalanque Defeat Seven Macaw


Kinich Ahau


The Men from the Sea


Mixcoatl


Ollantay Rebels against His Incan Ruler


Tezcatlipoca


Tonatiuh


Xipe Totec


Zipacna Destroys the Four Hundred Boys


Zipacna Dies, Along with His Brother, Earthquake


AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC


OVERVIEWS



Religion and Mythology in Ancient Australia and New Zealand


Religion and Mythology in the Pacific Islands


STORIES OF BATTLE AND WAR DEITIES



Bram-Bram-Bult


The Children of Heaven and Earth


A Fight with the Terrible Bird God


A Giant’s Rock-Throwing


Kamapua’a: Legends of the Hog-God


Kamapua’a Terrorizes Hawaii


Kawelo the Mighty Warrior


Maluae and the Under-World


A Son Fights His Father


INDEXES



Index of Battle Stories


Index of War Deities


Chronological Index of Cultural Events and Battles


General Bibliography


Sample Lesson Plan


Mythology in the Classroom