The Mythology Book

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Lidum 226, 227
Lif 157
Liriope 114
Lleu Llaw Gyffes 170, 171
Loki 55, 132, 132 , 141, 144 , 144–47, 146 ,
148 , 149, 149 , 153, 155, 156, 158
Lönnrot, Elias 160, 161
Lords of the Underworld 235, 244–45, 247
Lotus-Eaters 69
Louhi 162, 163, 163
Lugaid 167
Luma-Luma 301, 308–09
Luna 119

M


Maasai 265, 285
Maasinta 285
Maat 272
Maenads 52, 109, 116
magical weapons 144–45
Magni 157
Mahabharata 13, 180, 202–03
Mahishasura 210, 210
Maia 54, 55
Makemake 301, 324–25, 325
Malayadwaja Pandya 211
mana 301
Mánagarm 155
Manannan 165
Máni 133
Maori mythology 301, 318–19, 321
Mapusia 328–31
Marduk 159, 181, 188 , 188–89
Marind-Anim people 13, 312–15
Mars 103, 105, 107
Mashya 198–99
Mashyoi 198–99
Math 170, 171
Math fab Mathonwy 170, 171
Maui 301, 319, 320–23, 322 , 323
Mauike 321, 322
Maya mythology 234–35, 244–47
Mayahuel 253, 254
Mayakoto 258
Mead of Poetry 142, 143 , 147
Medb 166, 167
Medea 84 , 84–85, 85
Medusa 82 , 82–83
Meenakshi 211
Megara 73
Menelaus 62, 63
Mercury 54, 99, 125, 125
Merlin 174, 175
Mesoamerican mythologies 234–35, 244–57
Mesopotamian mythologies 12, 184–97
Messiah 199
Metis 47

Hun-Came 247
Hun-Chowen 244, 246
Hun-Hunahpu 244, 245, 245
Hunahpu 244–47
Hwanin 228
Hwanung 228–29
Hydra 73, 74
Hymn to Inanna 185
Hyperion 21, 23

I


I Ching 215
Iapetus 21, 23, 36–37
Icarus 78–81, 79 , 80 , 81
Idavoll 154, 157
Idun 146 , 149
Ifá 265, 290–93, 297
Ifaluk mythology 332–33
Ifugao 13, 181, 226–27
Igraine 174–75
Ilmarinen 161, 162, 162, 163
Ilmatar 161–62, 161
Inanna 12, 182–87, 185 , 186
Inca mythology 234, 235, 256–57
infanticide 103
Inuit 234, 235, 236, 242–43
Io 46
Iphigenia 64
Iris 99
Irish mythology 129, 164–69, 171
Iron Age 38, 129
Ishtar 12, 186 , 194
Isis 13, 95, 117, 269, 273, 274 , 274–75, 278, 279,
279, 280, 281, 281 , 283
Izanagi 181, 220–21, 221 , 222
Izanami 181, 220–21

J


Jade Emperor 218–19
Janus 121
Japanese imperial regalia 225
Japanese mythology 181, 220–25
Jason 84–85
Jatayu 208, 208
Jimmu, Emperor 225
Jocasta 86, 87
Jörmungand 148, 153, 155–56
Jötunheim 133, 136, 137, 146–47
Joukahainen 162
Jumong 181, 230–31
Juno 94, 99, 101, 107, 108, 114
Jupiter 94, 99, 101, 106–07, 113, 116, 125, 125

Jupiter Heliopolitanus 95
Jupiter Optimus Maximus 107
Jupiter Stator 105

K


Kaang 265, 284
Kabigat 226–27
Kagutsuchi 220
Kaikeyi 207
Kalevala 129, 160–63
Kali 201
kami 221, 225
Kar-a-kar 315
Karro 261
Kauravas 202–03
Kausalya 207
Keyumars 198
Khepri 268 , 273
Klymene 37
Kojiki 223, 224
Kóoch 235, 260–61
Korean mythology 228–31
Kouretes 27, 27
Krishna 203, 203
Kronos 21, 22, 23, 26, 26 , 27, 28, 36
Kullili people 305
Kur 185–86
Kushi-nada-hime 225
Kvasir 140, 142
Kyklopes 21, 32

L


Labyrinth 77, 78, 79
Lady of the Lake 176, 176 , 177
Lakshmana 207, 208
Lancelot du Lac 176 , 177
Land of Women 165
Larentia 103–04
Last Judgment 154
Latin League 101
Lavinia 100, 101
Le Morte d’Arthur (Thomas Malory) 174,
175, 176
Lébé 290, 292, 293
Leda 45
Legba 265
Legend of the Five Suns 248–55
Leifthrasir 157
Lemminkäinen 161, 162–63
Leto 47, 59
Library (Apollodorus) 26, 37, 38, 47, 73, 74,
76, 83

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