World Mythology

by Rosenberg, Donna

• ISBN13: 9780844257679
• ISBN10: 0844257672
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-02-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

This volume offers 59 of the world's great myths--including selections fromThe Iliad and the Odyssey,Beowulf,King ArthurandQuetzalcoatl. Each myth is accompanied by an introduction that offers historical background and suggests avenues for literary analysis.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Introduction	xv
The Purpose of Myths	xvi
The Matriarchal Society	xix
Academic Perspectives on Myths	xx
Greece and Rome	2	(146)
Greece
The Creation of the Titans and the Gods	4	(8)
The Ages of Man	12	(2)
Demeter and Persephone	14	(6)
The Flood Cycle	20	(6)
Lycaon: The Cause	21	(2)
The Flood: Punishment	23	(1)
Deucalion and Pyrrha: Rebirth	24	(2)
The Labors and Death of Heracles	26	(5)
The Iliad	31	(44)
The Odyssey	75	(35)
Rome
Romulus and Remus	110	(3)
The Aeneid	113	(35)
The Middle East	148	(56)
Babylonia
The Enuma elish	150	(9)
Egypt
Osiris, Isis, and Horus	159	(9)
Hittite
Telepinu	168	(4)
Summer/Babylonia
Gilgamesh	172	(32)
Northern Europe	204	(50)
The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe	206	(7)
The Theft of Idun's Apples	213	(3)
The Death of Balder	216	(7)
The Theft of Thor's Hammer	223	(3)
Sigurd the Volsung	226	(28)
The British Isles	254	(70)
Ireland/Scotland
The Ages of the World (Celtic)	256	(9)
Dagda the Good (Celtic)	265	(2)
England/Scandinavia
Beowulf	267	(21)
England/France
King Arthur	288	(36)
The Far East and the Pacific Islands	324	(76)
India
The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe	326	(4)
Indra and the Dragon	330	(3)
The Ramayana	333	(26)
China
The Creation of the Universe	359	(3)
Yi the Archer and the Ten Suns	362	(2)
The Quest for the Sun	364	(5)
Japan
The Creation of the Universe and Japan	369	(4)
Amaterasu	373	(3)
Kotan Utunnai (Ainu)	376	(10)
New Zealand
The Creation Cycle (Polynesia/Maori)	386	(8)
The Creation of the Universe and the Gods	387	(3)
The Creation of Human Beings	390	(2)
The Creation of New Zealand	392	(2)
Hawaii
The Taming of the Sun (Polynesia/Hawaii)	394	(6)
Africa	400	(64)
Nigeria
The Creation of the Universe and Ife (Yoruba)	402	(6)
Benin
The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo (Fon)	408	(2)
Faraka
Gassire's Lute (Soninke)	410	(6)
Mali
Sunjata (Mande/Keita)	416	(36)
Zaire
Mwindo (Nyanga)	452	(12)
The Americas	464	(73)
Bolivia
The Creation (Tiahuanaco/Aymara)	467	(3)
Peru
The House of Origin (Inca)	470	(3)
Bolivia/Peru
The Children of the Sun (Tiahuanaco/Aymara/Inca)	473	(3)
Surinam/Brazil
Paraparawa and Waraku (Trio)	476	(3)
Guatemala
The Creation (Maya)	479	(5)
Mexico
The Creation Cycle (Toltec/Aztec)	484	(8)
The Five Worlds and Their Suns	486	(2)
The Creation of the Earth	488	(1)
The Creation of Human Beings	488	(2)
The Creation of Music	490	(2)
Quetzalcoatl (Toltec/Aztec)	492	(5)
United States
The Emergence (Navajo)	497	(6)
Ahaiyuta and the Cloud-Eater (Zuni)	503	(3)
Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away (Crow)	506	(3)
United States/Canada
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky (Iroquois/Huron)	509	(8)
Raven and the Sources of Light (Haida/Tsimshian/Tlingit)	517	(3)
Sedna (Inuit)	520	(5)
Canada
Caught by a Hair-String (Micmac)	525	(12)
Notes	537	(22)
Selected Bibliography	559	(14)
Index of Characters with Pronunciation Guide	573