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Critical Survey of Mythology & Folklore: Creation Myths

Table of Contents

VOLUME 1



Publisher’s Note


Editor’s Introduction


Contributors


List of Frontispiece Photos


AFRICA


OVERVIEWS


Ancient African Literature


African Religion and Mythology


Traditional African Folklore


MYTHS AND STORIES


The Daughter of Sun and Moon


The Gods Descend from Heaven


How Beasts and Serpents First Came into the World


Mami Wata


The Sacrifice of Mórimi


Kaang


Kintu and Nambi


Mangala and Pemba


Mawu and Aido Hwedo


Mbombo


Mwuetsi


Ngai


Nzame


Odudùwa and the Divine Kings


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


African Oral Literature


GODS AND GODDESSES


Amma


Apedemak


Divinity


Eshu


Olódùmarè


Orisha


MESOAMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA


OVERVIEWS


Mayan Religion and Mythology


Aztec Religion and Mythology


Incan Civilization


Pre-Columbian Caribbean Peoples


Amazonia


MYTHS AND STORIES


Amalivaca


Anansi


The Azteca


The Aztec Creation Myth


The Creation of Music


How Evils Befell Mankind


How the Jaguar Lost His Fire


Hunahpú and Xbalanqué


Legend of the Fifth Sun


The Lords of Xibalba


The Maya Creation Myth


The Men from the Sea


The Monkey’s Exploit


Origin of Living Creatures


Quetzalcóatl


The Rod of Gold


Uitoto Creation Story


Viracocha


The White Condor


A Young Man and the Star


Additional Aztec Myths


Additional Incan Myth


Quiché Myth


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Aztec Sources


Incan Sources


Mayan Sources


Traditional Oral Sources


GODS AND GODDESSES


Centeōtl


Chaac


Chalchiuhtlicue


Coatlicue


Huitzilopochtli


Itzamná


Kinich Ahau


Loa


Mayahuel


Mixcoatl


Pachamama


Quetzalcóatl


Tezcatlipoca


Tlaloc


Tlaltecuhtli


Tlazoltéotl


Tonatiuh


Viracocha


Xipe Totec


NORTH AMERICA


OVERVIEWS


Native American Ethnophilosophy and Worldview


Native American Oral Literatures


Native American Sacred Narratives


MYTHS AND STORIES


Coyote Tale


The First Beginning


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


Wunzh


Two Apache Myths


Chelan (Salish) Myth


Daughter of the Sun


Three Short Cherokee Myths


Chinook Myth


Chippewa (Ojibwa) Myths


Hopi Myths of Creation


Additional Inuit Myths


Additional Iroquois Myths


Two Lakota Myths


Navajo (Diné) Creation Stories


Potawatomi (Neshnabé) Myth


Sedna Myths


Two Seminole Myths


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Native American Oral Tradition


GODS AND GODDESSES


Changing Woman


Corn Woman


Coyote


Great Spirit


Guardian Spirits


Kachinas


Kokopelli


Raven


Sedna


THE FAR EAST


OVERVIEWS


Literature of the Ancient Far East


MYTHS AND STORIES


The Adventures of Kintarō, the Golden Boy


Adventures of Monkey


Ch’onjiwangbonp’uri


The Dragons


The First People


Garuda


How a Man Got the Better of Two Foxes


In the Palace of the Sea God


Izanami-no-Mikoto


Origin of the Tiger


Pangu Creates the World


Prince Mountain and Princess Mountain


The Spirit of the Lotus Lily


Water War


The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman


Yu Rebuilds the Earth


Ainu Myth


Additional Chinese Myths


Additional Japanese Myths


Additional Korean Myths


Mongolian Myth


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Ashvaghosa


Confucius


Dhammapada


Huainanzi


Jātakas


Kojiki


Laozi


Liu Yiqing


Mulanshi


Nihon shoki


Suttanipāta


Tantras


Tipi aka


Zhuangzi


GODS AND GODDESSES


Amaterasu


Cai Shen


Chang’e


Dian Mu


Dragon King


Guanyin


Inari


Izanagi and Izanami


Jade Emperor


Lei Gong


Nüwa


Pangu


Shangdi


Susa-no-o


Tara


Tengri


Wangmu Niangniang


NORSE, CELTIC, AND EUROPEAN MYTHOLOGY


OVERVIEWS


Overview of Religion in Ancient Europe


Norse Mythology


Religion and Mythology in Medieval Scandinavia


Celtic Mythology


MYTHS AND STORIES


The Aesir-Vanir War


Blodeuwedd the Flower Maiden Goddess


Brynhildr, the Norse Valkyrie


Freya’s Necklace


Frey’s Courtship of Gerd


Loki and the Dwarfs


The Nine Worlds of the Norse


The Norse Creation of the Cosmos


Odin’s Discovery of the Runes


The Otter’s Ransom


Ragnarök


From the Finnish Kalevala Epic


Hungarian (Magyar) Creation Saga


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Celtic Myths and Their Sources


Norse Myths and Their Sources


Dallán Forgaill


Edda


Snorri Sturluson


GODS AND GODDESSES


Aengus


Áine


Arawn


Baldr


Brigid


Cernunnos


The Dagda


Danu


Forseti


Freya


Freyr


Frigg


Hod


Loki


Lugh


Manannán mac Lir


Mimir


Mokosh


Mórrígan


Njord


Odin


Rod


Thor


Týr


THE PACIFIC AND OCEANIA


OVERVIEWS


Religion and Mythology on Ancient Pacific Islands


Religion and Mythology in Ancient Australia and New Zealand


MYTHS


Birth of Sea and Land Life


Borah of Byamee


Bram-Bram-Bult


The Children of Heaven and Earth


Dream of Haumaka


Hainuwele


Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa


Mataora’s Visit to Hawaiki


Myth of Māui


The Polynesian Creation Myth


The Samoan Story of Creation


Seven Sisters


The Two Sorcerers


What Makes the Waves


Additional Indigenous Australian Myths


Additional Māori Myths


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Oral Tradition in Oceania


Djanggawul Cycle


Dreaming


GODS AND GODDESSES


Lono


Rainbow Serpent


Rangi


Tangaroa


VOLUME 2



EGYPT


OVERVIEWS


Literature in Ancient Egypt


Religion and Mythology in Ancient Egypt


MYTHS AND STORIES


Amen-Ra, the God of Empire


The Battle of Horus and Set


The Boat of Ra


The Book of Thoth


The Egyptian Creation Myth


The Gods of Egypt


Isis and the Search for Osiris


The Name of Ra


Shu and Tefnut


The Two Brothers


Additional Egyptian Myth


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Ancient Egyptian Texts


Book of the Dead


Rosetta Stone


GODS AND GODDESSES


Amun


Anubis


Bastet


Geb


Hathor


Horus


Isis


Maat


Nut


Osiris


Ra


Sekhmet


Seth


Thoth


GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY


OVERVIEWS


Greek Religion and Mythology


Greek Literature and Theatre


Religion and Mythology in Ancient Rome


Literature in Ancient Rome


MYTHS AND STORIES


Aphrodite and Adonis


Apollo and the Thessalian Hyacinthus


Apollo Establishes His Temple at Delphi


Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius


Athena and the Contest of Arachne


Birth of Athena and the War with the Giants


The Birth of Zeus


Cadmus Sowing the Dragon’s Teeth


Cronus and the Birth of the Cosmos


Cupid and Psyche


Daphne the Naiad Nymph


The Divine Loves of Zeus


Gaia and the Castration of Uranus


Hades and Persephone


Heracles’s Twelve Labors


Hymn to Aphrodite


Jove’s Great Deluge


King Oedipus Is Revealed


The Myth of Atlantis


Pandora and the Great Jar


Perseus and Medusa


Prometheus and the Theft of Fire


Romulus and Remus


The Statue of Pygmalion


Wrath of Artemis


Zeus and the Titan War


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Alexandrian Library


Apuleius, Lucius


Delos


Delphi


Dodona


Eleusinian Mysteries


Hesiod


Homer


Ovid


Propertius


Quintus Smyrnaeus


Romulus and Remus


Seneca the Younger


Sibylline Books


Statius


Valerius Flaccus, Gaius


Vergil


GODS AND GODDESSES


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


INDIA


OVERVIEWS


Religion in Ancient India


Literature in Ancient India


MYTHS AND STORIES


Brahmā the Creator


The Creation of the Ganges


Damayantī’s Choice


The Devotion of Sita


Draupadī


Durgā


Gotama’s Attainment


The Heavenly Nymph and Her Mortal Husband


The Incarnations of Visnu


Matsya and the Great Flood


Śiva and Parvati


Additional India Myth


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Appar


Āranòyakas


Ashvaghosa


Bhagavadgītā


Bhāravi


Bhāsa


Bhavabhūti


Brāhmaṇas


Guṇāḍhya


Harivaṃśa


Kālidāsa


Mahābhārata


Purānòas


Rāmāyaṇa


Sūtras


Suttanipāta


Tantras


Upaniṣads


Vedas


GODS AND GODDESSES


Brahmā


Ganesha


Indra


Kali


Kamadeva


Kartikeya


Krishna


Lakshmi


Nārāyaṇa


Pārvatī


Rāma


Rāvaṇa


Saraswati


Śiva


Viṣṇu


Yama


THE NEAR EAST


OVERVIEWS


Literature in the Ancient Near East


MYTHS AND STORIES


Ahura Mazda and the Battle between Good and Evil


The Baal Myth from Ugarit


Before All Befores


The Birth of the Great Gods and Goddesses


The Burning Bush


The Creation and Fall


The Creation of Enkidu


The Death of Enkidu


The Death of Gilgameš


Enki and Ninhursaga


Enlil and Ninlil


Enuma elish, the Babylonian Creation Myth


Etana, King of Kish


Inana and Šu-kale-tuda


Inana’s Descent


Ištar and Tammuz


The Journey of Nanna to Nippur


Marduk the Dragon Slayer


Nanna and Ningal


Ninurta and the Turtle


Pharaoh’s Dreams


The Story of Job


The Sumerian Creation of Humankind


The Theft of Destiny


The Tower of Babel


Uta-Napishtim and the Deluge


SELECTED SOURCES AND AUTHORS


Aqhat Epic


Atrahasis Epic


Avesta


Babylonian Written Sources


Bible: Jewish


Dead Sea Scrolls


Gilgamesh Epic


Septuagint


Shahnameh


Sumerian Writing and Culture


GODS AND GODDESSES


Ahura Mazda


Anu


Baal


Enki


Enlil


Ereshkigal


God the Father


Inanna


Ishtar


Marduk


Moloch


Nammu


Ningal


Ninhursag


Ninlil


Ninurta


Shamash


Utu


INDEXES



Chronological Index of Myths and Stories


Index of Selected Sources and Authors


Index of Gods and Goddesses


Bibliography by Region