World Mythology: An Anthology of Great Myths and Epics

by Rosenberg, Donna

• ISBN13: 9780844259666
• ISBN10: 0844259667
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-12
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

World Mythology is a compilation of over 50 great myths and epics. Your students will gain an appreciation and understanding of ancient and modern cultures through myths and epics from the Middle East, Greece and Rome, the Far East and Pacific islands, the British Isles, Northern Europe, Africa, and the Americas. An introduction and historical background supplement each myth. Questions at the end of each selection prompt analysis and response.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	xiii
The Middle East	1	(78)
Babylonia
The Enuma elish	3	(9)
Egypt
Osiris, Isis, and Horus	12	(10)
Hittite
Telepinu	22	(4)
Sumer/Babylonia
Gilgamesh	26	(32)
Persia
Esfandyar, the Prince Who Would Be King	58	(21)
Greece and Rome	79	(210)
Greece
The Creation of the Titans and the Gods	82	(8)
The Ages of Man	90	(3)
Demeter and Persephone	93	(7)
The Labors and Death of Heracles	100	(6)
The Iliad	106	(53)
Jason and the Golden Fleece	159	(45)
Medea	204	(43)
Rome
Pyramus and Thisbe	247	(8)
The Aeneid	255	(34)
The Far East and the Pacific Islands	289	(78)
India
The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe	291	(5)
The Ramayana	296	(28)
China
The Creation of the Universe and Human Beings	324	(6)
Chi Li Slays the Serpent	330	(5)
Japan
Amaterasu	335	(4)
Kotan Utunnai (Ainu)	339	(12)
New Zealand
The Creation Cycle (Polynesia/Maori)	351	(9)
Hawaii
The Taming of the Sun (Polynesia/Hawaii)	360	(7)
The British Isles	367	(90)
Ireland/Scotland
The Ages of the World	369	(9)
Dagda the Good	378	(3)
England/Scandinavia
Beowulf	381	(37)
England/France
King Arthur	418	(39)
Northern Europe	457	(50)
The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe	459	(8)
The Death of Balder	467	(8)
The Theft of Thor's Hammer	475	(3)
Sigurd the Volsung	478	(29)
Africa	507	(60)
Nigeria
The Creation of the Universe and Ife (Yoruba)	509	(6)
Zaire
The Origin of Life and Fire (Boshongo/Bakuba)	515	(3)
Benin
The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo (Fon)	518	(3)
Ghana
Gassire's Lute (Soninke)	521	(7)
Mali
Bakaridjan Kone (Segu)	528	(39)
The Americas	567	(86)
Bolivia
The Creation (Tiahuanaco/Aymara)	570	(4)
Peru
The Children of the Sun (Inca)	574	(4)
Venezuela
Wanadi the Creator (Yekuhana)	578	(17)
Guatemala
The Creation (Maya)	595	(5)
Mexico
The Cretion Cycle (Toltec/Aztec)	600	(9)
Quetzalcoatl (Toltec/Aztec)	609	(6)
United States
The Emergence (Navajo)	615	(7)
Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away (Crow)	622	(3)
United States/Canada
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky (Iroquois/Huron)	625	(9)
Raven and the Sources of Light (Haida/Tsimshian/Tingit)	634	(3)
Sedna (Inuit)	637	(6)
Canada
Caught by a Hair-String (Micmac)	643	(10)
Notes	653	(38)
Selected Bibliography	691	(18)
Index of Characters with Pronunciation Guide	709