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Critical Survey of Mythology & Folklore: Legendary Creatures

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




We Are Our Stories/Homo Narrans: Myths, Fables, Stories, and the Creatures That Populate Them




Contributors




List of Frontispiece Photos




GLOBAL



Dragon


Fairy


Giant


Ogre


Sea Serpent


Serpent


Trickster


AFRICA



Overview of Ancient African Folklore


Traditions of Africa: Ancestor Worship


The Stories, Myths, and Creatures of Eastern and Southern Africa


The Mythology of West Africa


Egyptian Mythology and Legends: The Enduring Legacy of Northern Africa


Amma


Ammit


Anansi


Kweku Tsin


Mami Wata


Mbombo


Mokele-mbembe


Mthiyane


Olódùmarè


Serpopard


Sphinx


Untombi-yapansi


ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME



Myths, Monsters, and Religion in Ancient Greece


Argus Panoptes


Centaur


Cerberus


Charybdis


Chimera


Cyclops


Echidna


Geryon


Harpy


Hecatoncheires


Hydra


Mares of Diomedes


Medusa


Minotaur


Ophiotaurus


Pegasus


Phoenix


Scylla


Siren


Typhon


Unicorn


ASIA, SOUTH ASIA, AND THE PACIFIC



Australian Aboriginal Mythology


Chinese Mythology


The Dragons of China


Hawaiian Religion


Japanese Mythology


The Japanese Creation Story


Ainu Foxes


Dragon King


Garuda


Jorōgumo


Kappa


Longma


The Monkey King


Naga


Namazu


Oozlum Bird


Rainbow Serpent


Rangi


Shuten-doji


Susa-no-o


Tangaroa


Taniwha


The Tasmanian Devil


The Tiger


Ubume


Ushi-oni


Wakwak


Yeti


Yinglong


Yokai


CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA



The Myths and Stories of Central and South America


Ahuizotl


Chupacabra


Iwarreka


The Jaguar


Mapinguari


Mbói Tu’i


The Mighty One


Quetzalcóatl


Teju Jagua


Tlaltecuhtli


The White Condor


Yacuruna


EUROPE



Creatures of the Vast European Continent


Irish Mythology


Basilisk


Brownie


Elf


Fenrir


The Goodman o’ Wastness


Grendel


Hippogriff


Hrungnir


La Befana


Leprechaun


Loch Ness Monster


Loki


The Morrígu


Nightingale the Robber


Otr


Sirin


Sleipnir


The Snake Maiden


Troll


Vampire


Werewolf


Yale


THE MIDDLE EAST



Ancient Legends from the Middle East


Behemoth


Falak


Ghoul


Golem


Goliath


Griffin


Humbaba


Jinn


Leviathan


Manticore


Mermaid


Turtle


NORTH AMERICA



Indigenous Sacred Creation Narratives


The Native American Oral Tradition


Native American Folklore and Mythology


The “Young” American Myths


Adlet


A-senee-ki-wakw


Bigfoot


Buffalo


Cape Ann Sea Serpent


Cipactli


Coyote


Glooscap


Jersey Devil


Memphre


Mogollon Monster


Mothman


Raven


Rougarou


Sedna


Skinwalker


Thunderbird


Tommyknockers


Unktehila


Waheela


Wendigo


AFRICA



Amun


Anubis


Apedemak


Bastet


Divinity


Eshu


Geb


Hathor


Horus


Isis


Maat


Nut


Orisha


Osiris


Ra


Sekhmet


Seth


Thoth


ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME



Aphrodite


Apollo


Ares


Artemis


Athena


Cronus


Cupid


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


ASIA, SOUTH ASIA, AND THE PACIFIC



Amaterasu


Brahmā


Cai Shen


Chang’e


Dian Mu


Ganesha


Guanyin


Inari


Indra


Izanagi and Izanami


Jade Emperor


Kali


Kamadeva


Kartikeya


Krishna


Lakshmi


Lei Gong


Lono


Nārāyaṇa


Nüwa


Pangu


Pārvatī


Rāma


Rāvaṇa


Saraswati


Shangdi


Śiva


Tara


Tengri


Viṣṇu


Wangmu Niangniang


Yama


CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA



Centeotl


Chaac


Chalchiuhtlicue


Coatlicue


Huitzilopochtli


Itzamná


Kinich Ahau


Loa


Mayahuel


Mixcoatl


Pachamama


Tezcatlipoca


Tlaloc


Tlazoltéotl


Tonatiuh


Viracocha


Xipe Totec


EUROPE



Aengus


Áine


Arawn


Baldr


Brigid


Cernunnos


The Dagda


Danu


Forseti


Freya


Freyr


Frigg


Hod


Lugh


Manannán mac Lir


Mimir


Mokosh


Njord


Odin


Rod


Thor


Týr


THE MIDDLE EAST



Ahura Mazda


Anu


Baal


Enki


Enlil


Ereshkigal


God the Father


Inanna


Ishtar


Marduk


Moloch


Nammu


Ningal


Ninhursag


Ninlil


Ninurta


Shamash


Utu


NORTH AMERICA



Changing Woman


Corn Woman


Great Spirit


Guardian Spirits


Kachinas


Kokopelli


The Legends Alphabetical Listing


Gods and Goddesses Alphabetical Listing


Bibliography