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Tintagel Castle 174 , 175 Tired-Ones 226 Tiresias 71, 87, 114 Titanomachy 32–33, 36, 37 Titans 21, 22–23, 26, 28, 32–33, 36, 47, 49, 52 Titicaca, Lake 256, 257, 257 Tlaloc 251 Tlaltecuhtli 251–52 Tocapo 256 Tonatiuh 254, 254 , 255 tricksters 55, 144–47, 235, 265, 286–87, 294–97, 319, 320–23 Trimurti 210 Trojan War 16, 38, 62–63, 64, 95, 98 Tsukuyomi 221 Tu 317, 318, 319 Tuatha Dé Danaan 164 Tulsidas 207 Turnus 101 Tyakoort Woorroong people 307 Typhon 49 Tyr 156 Tzitzimimeh 253, 254

U

Uaba 314–15 Ualiwamb 314–15 Ulster Cycle 129, 166 Underworld Aztec 252 Egyptian 272, 273, 280, 282–83 Greek 28, 33, 48–51, 53 Japanese 220–21 Maori 319 Mesoamerican 244–45, 247 Mesopotamian 185–86, 195–96 Native American 238 Norse 136, 137, 149 Polynesian 321–22 Roman 100, 100 , 110 Ungnyeo 229 Urdarbrunn 137, 138, 140 Urshanabi 195, 196 Utgarda-Loki 146–47 Uther Pendragon 174–75 Utnapishtim 195–96, 196 , 197 Utu 187

V

Väinämöinen 161, 162, 163, 163 Valhalla 133, 139 Váli 157

Valkyries 139, 157 , 159 Valmiki 209 Valur 332–333 Vanaheim 136, 140 Vanir 136, 140–41, 152 Vé 132, 133 Venus 98, 101, 109, 112, 113, 120 Vertumnus 122 , 122–23 Vesta 104, 108 , 108–09 Vestal Virgins 103, 104, 109 Vidar 153, 156, 157 Vigrid 156 Vili 132, 133 Viracocha 235, 256 , 256–57 Vishnu 181, 203, 206–07, 210 Vishvamitra 207 vodou religions 265, 295, 297 Voluptas 113 Völuspá 136, 137, 148, 152–55, 157 Vritra 159 Vucub-Caquix 246 Vulgate Cycle 174, 176

W

Wangai 314 war of the gods Greek mythology 32–33, 36, 37 Norse mythology 140– 41 Warao people 235, 258–59, 258 Warramurrungundji 304–05 Warungai 314 Water Beetle 236, 236 Wathaurong people 306 Wauta 258–59 Weighing of the Heart 282–83, 282 Welsh mythology 169, 170–71 Wendeuk 261 Werieng 332–33 whale hunt, sacred 243 Wigan 226–27 Woge 240–41 Wokabu 314 wolf of Manala 163 Wooden Horse of Troy 63, 63 , 98 Work of the Gods 330–31 World Renewal ceremonies 240, 241 World Tree see Yggdrasil

X

Xbalanque 244–47 Xihe 216 Xipetotec 250, 252

Xiwangmu 217 Xmucane 244, 245–46 Xochiquetzal 251 Xquic 245, 245 , 246 Xuanzang 219 , 219

Y

Yamata-no-Orochi 225 Yao 216, 217 Yggdrasil 134–39, 138 , 153, 154, 156, 157 Yi the archer 181, 216 , 216 –17 Yin and Yang 181, 214, 215 Ymaymana 256 Ymir 131, 131 , 132, 132 , 133 Yomotsu-shikome 221 Yorta Yorta people 306–07 Yorùbá mythology 295–97 Yudhishthira 203 Yuwha 230–31

Z

Zephyrus 35, 113 Zeus 22, 23, 27–28, 27 , 29, 29 , 30, 31, 32, 32 , 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 47 , 51, 59, 81, 89, 91, 94, 114 affairs of Zeus 42–47, 52, 54, 55, 72, 77, 82 shape-shifting 44–47, 72, 77 Zhu Bajie 219, 219 Zipacna 246, 247 Zongbu 217 Zoroastrianism 180, 181, 198–99 Zurvan 198

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QUOTE ATTRIBUTIONS

ANCIENT GREECE

18 Theogony, Hesiod 24 Theogony, Hesiod 32 Dionysiaca, Nonnus 34 Odyssey, Homer 36 Theogony, Hesiod 40 Works and Days, Hesiod 42 Library, Pseudo-Apollodorus 48 Theogony, Hesiod 50 Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Anonymous 52 Bacchae, Euripides 53 Library, Pseudo-Apollodorus 54 Homeric Hymn to Hermes, Anonymous 56 Description of Greece, Pausanius 58 Homeric Hymn to Apollo, Anonymous 60 Metamorphoses, Ovid 62 Iliad, Homer 64 Oresteia, Aeschylus 66 Odyssey, Homer 72 Library, Pseudo-Apollodorus 76 Life of Theseus, Plutarch 78 Library, Pseudo-Apollodorus 82 Library, Pseudo-Apollodorus 84 Medea, Euripides 86 Oedipus Tyrannus, Sophocles 88 Metamorphoses, Ovid 90 Metamorphoses, Ovid 91 Timaeus, Plato

ANCIENT ROME

96 Aeneid, Virgil 102 History of Rome, Livy 106 Fasti, Ovid 108 Fasti, Ovid 110 Metamorphoses, Ovid 112 Metamorphoses, Apuleius 114 Metamorphoses, Ovid 115 Metamorphoses, Ovid 116 Fasti, Ovid 118 De Antro Nympharum, Porphyry 120 Metamorphoses, Ovid 121 Fasti, Ovid 122 Metamorphoses, Ovid 124 Metamorphoses, Ovid 125 Metamorphoses, Ovid

NORTHERN EUROPE

130 Poetic Edda, Anonymous 134 Poetic Edda, Anonymous 140 Poetic Edda, Anonymous 142 Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson 144 Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson 146 Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson 148 Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson 150 Poetic Edda, Anonymous 158 Völsunga Saga, Anonymous 160 Kalevala, compiled by Elias Lönnrot 164 Lebor Gabála Érenn, Anonymous 165 The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living, Kuno Meyer 166 Cuchulain of Muirthemne, Lady Augusta Gregory 168 Tales and Sketches, William Carleton 170 Mabinogion, Lady Charlotte E. Guest 172 Le Morte d’Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory

ASIA

182 Descent of Inanna, Anonymous 188 Enuma Elish, Anonymous 190 The Epic of Gilgamesh, Anonymous 198 Yasna 30, Hymn of Zarathustra 200 Brahmanda Purana, Anonymous 201 Shiva Purana, Anonymous 202 Mahabharata, Vyasa 204 Ramayana, Valmik 210 Markandeya Purana, Anonymous 211 Tiruvilayaadal Puranam, Paranjothi Munivar 212 “Meenakshi! Me Mudam Dehi,” Muthuswami Dikshitar 214 Historical Records, Xu Zheng 216 Huainanzi 218 Journey to the West, Wu Cheng’en 220 Kojiki, O no Yasumaro 222 Kojiki, O no Yasumaro 226 The Religion of the Ifugaos, Roy Franklin Barton 228 Samguk Yusa, Iryon 230 Gusamguksa, Kim Bu-sik

THE AMERICAS

236 Myths of the Cherokee, James Mooney 238 A Dictionary of Creation Myths, David Adams Leeming 240 Yurok Myths, Alfred Louis Kroeber 242 The Eskimo about Bering Strait, Edward W. Nelson 244 Popol Vuh, Anonymous 248 Codex Chimalpopoca, Anonymous 256 The History of the Incas, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa 258 Folk Literature of the Warao Indians, Johannes Wilbert 260 Folk Literature of the Tehuelche Indians, Johannes Wilbert and Karin Simoneau

ANCIENT EGYPT AND AFRICA

266 Coffin Texts, Anonymous 272 “Hymn to the Sun God,” Coffin Texts, Anonymous, 274 Legends of the Egyptian Gods, E. A. Wallis Budge 276 Pyramid Texts, Anonymous 284 First Light: A History of Creation Myths, G. R. Evans 285 Oral Literature of the Maasai, Naomi Kipury 286 African Folktales in the New World, William Russell Bascom 288 Conversations with Ogotemmêli, Marcel Griaule 294 “Eshu-Elegba: The Yoruba Trickster God,” African Arts, John Pemberton

OCEANIA

302 Jacob Nayinggul, Manilakarr clan 308 The Speaking Land, Ronald M. Berndt and Catherine H. Berndt 310 Déma, Jan van Baal 316 The World of the Polynesians, Antony Alpers 318 Polynesian Mythology, Sir George Grey 320 Myths and Songs from the South Pacific, William Wyatt Gill 324 Ethnology of Easter Island, Albert Métraux, 326 Tikopia Ritual and Belief, Raymond Firth 332 A Flower in My Ear, Edwin G. Burrows

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