
The World of Myth
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- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction: The Dimensions of Myth
- Select Bibliography
- PART I: COSMIC MYTHS
- The Creation
- The Creation Stories
- Bibliography
- The Flood
- The Flood Stories
- Bibliography
- The Afterlife
- The Afterlife Stories
- Bibliography
- The Apocalypse
- The Apocalypse Stories
- Bibliography
- PART II: MYTHS OF THE GODS
- The Pantheons
- The Pantheonic Stories
- Bibliography
- The God as Archetype
- Stories of Archetypal Gods
- The Supreme Being
- The Great Mother
- The Dying God
- The Trickster
- Bibliography
- Gods, Goddesses, and Lesser Spirits
- Stories of Gods, Goddesses, and Lesser Spirits
- Bibliography
- PART III: HERO MYTHS
- The Hero Stories
- The Conception, Birth, and Childhood of the Hero
- NATIVE AMERICAN (TEWA): WATER JAR BOY
- GREEK: THESEUS
- INDIAN: KRISHNA
- INDIAN: KARNA
- GREEK: HERAKLES
- INDIAN: THE BUDDHA
- IRISH: CUCHULAINN
- BANTU: LITUOLONE
- The Journey Quest of the Hero
- FRENCH: JOAN OF ARC
- GREEK: OEDIPUS
- GREEK: ANTIGONE
- CELTIC: KING ARTHUR
- GREEK: THESEUS
- HEBREW: MOSES
- CELTIC: PARCIVAL
- HEBREW: JONAH
- GREEK: JASON
- ROMAN: AENEAS
- HEBREW: SAMSON AND DELILAH
- INDIAN: THE BUDDHA
- NATIVE AMERICAN: WUNZH, OR HIAWATHA
- GREEK: HERAKLES
- AFRICAN: WANJIRU
- AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL: THE PLEIADES
- HEBREW: ABRAHAM AND ISAAC
- MESOPOTAMIAN: GILGAMESH
- GREEK: ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
- GREEK: ODYSSEUS
- The Rebirth, Return, and Apotheosis of the Hero
- BLACKFOOT: KUTOYIS
- CHRISTIAN: JESUS
- GREEK: HERAKLES
- AZTEC/TOLTEC: QUETZALCOATL
- CHRISTIAN: MARY
- GREEK: ALCESTIS
- Bibliography
- PART IV: PLACE AND OBJECT MYTHS
- Stories of Places and Objects
- The Mountain
- HEBREW: MOUNT SINAI
- The City
- GREEK: TROY
- HEBREW: JERUSALEM
- GREEK: DELPHI
- The Temple
- JUDEO-CHRISTIAN: THE TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM
- EUROPEAN: THE CHAPEL PERILOUS
- The Genitals
- GREEK: TIRESIAS
- APACHE: THE VAGINA GIRLS
- GREEK: THE FIG PHALLUS OF DIONYSOS
- The Stone
- PHRYGIAN: THE AGDOS ROCK
- AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL: ERATHIPA
- HEBREW: THE BETHEL
- The Tree
- INDIA: THE COSMIC TREE
- NORSE: YGGDRASIL
- HEBREW: THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
- The Garden, the Grove, and the Cave
- MUSLIM: MUHAMMAD'S CAVE
- The Labyrinth
- GREEK: DAEDALUS AND ICARUS
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
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