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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