Metztli 255
Micronesian mythology 301, 332–33
Mictlantecuhtli 252, 253
Midas, King 90 , 90
Midgard 133, 136–37
Mímir 140, 141, 153, 155
Mímir’s Well 137, 139, 156
Minerva 44 , 94, 107, 115, 171
Minoan civilization 16, 76, 77, 91
Minos 46, 74, 76, 77, 78–79, 81
Minotaur 76–77, 77 , 78
Mithras 95, 118 , 118 –19
Mjölnir 145
Mnemosyne 21, 22, 23, 44
Modi 157
Moirae (Fates) 35
Monkey King 218–19
Mordred 175, 177
Morrigan 164, 167
multiverses 155
Mumin 138
Muses 22, 34, 44, 44
Muspelheim 130–31, 132, 136, 153, 156
Myrrha 88, 89, 89
mythology
definition 12
functions 12, 13
preserving myths 13
religion and 12N
Naglfar 153, 155
Naiads 61, 117
Nanahuatzin 253, 254
Nandi 211
Nanga Baiga 212–13
Nanga Baigin 212
Nanna 186
Narayana 200
Narcissus 114 , 114
national epics
Aeneid 13, 94, 98–101
Kalevala 129, 160–63
see also founding myths
Native American mythologies 13, 234, 235,
236–43
Nausicaa 69
Navajo weaving 239
Nechtan 165
Neith 280
Nemean lion 73
Nemesis 23, 114
Nene 251
Nennius 174
Nephthys 269, 279, 279 , 283
Neptune 100, 115
Nereids 83Nidhogg 137, 138, 154–55, 157
Niflheim 130–31, 136, 137
Nile Delta 269
Ninshubur 185, 186, 187
Njord 140
Noah 132, 197
Nommo 290, 291, 292–93, 292
Norns 137 , 138
Norse mythology 13, 128, 129, 130–63
Nóshtex 261
Nótt 132
Ntikuma 287
Nubog 312
Numa Pompilius 105, 106–07, 107
Numitor 102–03, 104
Nun 268, 269
Nut 269, 269 , 278, 283
Nyame 287
nymphs 23, 27, 61, 63, 83, 101, 106, 108 , 114,
115, 117, 121, 122
Nyx 49O
O no Yasumaro 223
O-ge-tse-hime 225
Oceanic mythologies 300–33
Oceanus 21, 22
Odin 132, 133, 134–39, 139 , 140, 141, 141 ,
142–43, 143 , 145, 147, 148–49, 152, 153, 155 ,
156, 157
Odysseus 62, 63, 66–71, 95
Oedipus 23, 86 , 86–87, 87
Oedipus complex 87
Oisín 169
Olodumare 297
Olympian gods
human personalities 30–31
origins of 24–31
symbols and attributes 31
War of Gods and Titans 32–33, 36, 37
Olympus, Mount 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 , 34–35
Ometeotl 235, 250
Omoikane 224
Oonagh 168, 169
Ops 108
oracles 46, 47
Delphi 28, 58–59, 59 , 73, 76, 86, 104
Sibyl of Cumae 99, 100, 110 –11, 111
oral tradition 13, 69, 130, 180, 181, 223, 290,
301, 333
Orestes 65, 65
Orion 55
orisha 297
Orontes 95
Orpheus 21, 53 , 53
Orphic egg 231
Osiris 269, 270, 276–283, 281Otter’s Ransom 158, 159
Ouranos 20–21, 21 , 22, 23, 26, 27, 36
Ovid 29, 94, 108, 123
Metamorphoses 13, 90, 113, 115, 123 , 124
owls 171
Oxomoco 253P
Paluelap 333
Pan 59
Pandavas 202–03
Pandora 37, 39, 40– 41, 41
Pangu 181, 214 , 214 –15
Papa 318, 318
Papaztac 254–55
Papuan mythology 301, 310–15
Paris 62, 62 , 63
Parvati 201, 211
Pasiphaë 74, 76, 79
Patagonian mythology 260–61
Patroclus 63
Pausanias 29, 73
Pegasus 83
Pelias 84, 85
Penelope 68, 71, 71
Peneus 61, 61
Pentheus 52
Persephone 17, 30, 30 , 48 , 49, 50 , 50 –51, 53, 89
Perseus 46, 82–83, 119
Phaëton 81
Phanes 231
Philemon and Baucis 125 , 125
Phoebe 21, 23
Piakor 313
Picus 106
Plato 47, 89, 91
Pleiades 55 , 55
Pleione 54, 55
Plutarch 104, 106
Poetic Edda 131, 137, 138, 153, 154, 157
poetry, Norse 142–43
Polydektes 82, 83
Polynesian mythology 301, 316–31
Polyphemus 70
Pomona 122 , 122–23
Popul Vuh 235, 245 , 246, 247
Poseidon 23, 26, 28, 29, 30, 30 , 31, 32, 35, 57, 57 ,
68, 70, 76, 83
Prajapatis 200
Priapus 108 , 109
Proca 121
Prometheus 36–37, 37 , 38, 39, 39 , 40, 41,
47, 47 , 147
Proserpina 100, 113
Protogenus 231
Psyche 35, 112 , 112–13
Ptah 271, 271348 INDEX
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Styx, River 48, 63, 100, 113
sub-Saharan mythologies 265, 284–97
Sumerian mythology 12, 180, 186, 192–97
Sumitra 207
Sun Wukong 218
Surt 153, 156
Susanoo 181, 221, 222–25, 223
Suttung 142, 143
Svartálfheim 136, 137
syncretism 35T
Ta’aroa 300–01, 316 , 316 –17
Tablet of Destinies 189
T’aebaek-san, Mount 228, 228 , 229, 231
Tahitian mythology 316–17
Talos 79
Tane 301, 317, 318, 319, 321
Tangaroa 319
Tantalus 49
Taranis 128
Tarchetius 104
Tarpeia 105
Tarquinius Superbus 111
Tartarus 33, 49
Tata 251
Tawa 238, 239
Tawhirimatea 318, 319
Te Samoa 328–29
Te Sema 329
Tecciztecatl 254, 255
Tefnut 268, 269
Tehuelche people 260–61
Telemachus 68, 71
Teotihuacán 255
Tethys 21, 22
Tezcatlipoca 250–51, 251 , 252
Thakur Deo 212
Theia 21, 23
Themis 21, 23
theoi agoraioi 31
theoi daitioi 31
theoi ktesioi 31
Thera (Santorini) 91
Theseus 76–77, 77 , 79
Thetis 62, 63
Thialfi 146, 147
Thor 132, 144, 145, 146–47, 14 7, 153, 156, 159
Thor’s hammer 145 , 145 , 157
Thoth 269, 270, 273, 280, 282
Thrym 145
Tiahuizcalpantecuhtli 255
Tiamat 159, 188 , 188–89
Tiberinus 101
Ti’iti’i 321
tiki 317, 317
Tikopian mythology 13, 328–31Pygmalion 120 , 120
Pyramid Texts 265, 283
Pyramus and Thisbe 124
Pyrrha 37–38, 38, 197
Pythia 58, 58 , 59
Python 58, 59Q
Qingu 189
Quetzalcoatl 250, 251 , 252, 253, 254, 255
Quirinus 105, 107R
Ra (Egyptian sun god) 268, 269, 269 , 271,
272–75, 274 , 279, 280, 282, 283
Ra (Polynesian sun god) 323
Ragnarök 133, 138, 139, 148, 152–57
Rainbow Serpent 305–06, 306 , 307
Rama 181, 204–09, 207 , 209
Ramayana 13, 180, 204–09
Rangi 318, 318
Rapa Nui people 324–25
Ravana 206, 207, 208, 209, 209
Raven and the Whale 242–43
Regin 158
Rhea 21, 23, 26–27, 116
Rhea Silvia 103
Roman mythology 13, 92–125
Rome, founding of 94, 95, 100, 102–05, 116
Romulus and Remus 94, 100, 102–05
rongorongo boards 325
Ru 322–23
Rugarug-évai 315
runes 139 , 157, 157S
Sabine women, rape of 104–05, 105
Saga of the Völsungs 158
Sagaritis 117
St. George and the Dragon 159
Saku 328–31
Salmon of Knowledge 169
Samguk Yusa 229
Samhat 192, 195
Sami (Mahu) 312, 313
Sampo 161, 162, 162 , 163San Bushmen 265, 284
Saoshyant 199
Saraswati 200
Saturn 26 , 108
satyrs 46, 108 , 109
seasonal cycle 17, 51, 89, 117, 184–87, 227
Sedna 236
Segur 332–33
seidr 152
Sekhmet 270–71
Selene 23
Semele 45, 52
Sétanta 167
Seth 269, 270, 272 , 273, 278, 279, 280–82
Sha Wujing 219, 219
Shakespeare, William 16, 124
shamans 152, 241 , 241 , 265
Shamash 194–95
shape-shifting
Greek 44–45
Hindu 200, 210
Native American 242
Norse 142–43, 144–45, 147, 159
Roman 106, 122–23
sub-Saharan 265
Shatarupa 200
Shatrughna 207
Shintoism 221 , 223
Shiva 201, 210, 211
Shu 268, 269
Shurpanakha 208
Sia 269, 272
Sibyl of Cumae 99, 100, 110 –11, 111
Sibylline Books 111
Siduri 195, 197
Sif 144, 144 , 149
Sigmund 158
Sigurd 129
Sigurd Fafnisbane 158–59
Silenua 122
Silenus 90, 109
Silver Age 38
Sirens 71
Sisyphus 49
Sita 206, 207, 208–09
skaldic verse 131, 143
Skidbladnir 144, 145
Skog Tapestry 136
Sköll 155, 157
Skylla 71
Sleipnir 141, 141 , 148
Snorri Sturluson 128
Gylfaginning 152, 155–57
Prose Edda 13, 130–33, 131 , 137, 139, 141,
143, 146, 147, 149 , 152, 154
Sól 133
Sophocles 16, 65, 85
Sosom 315
Sparta 33, 45
Sphinx 86 , 87
Spider Woman 238–39, 239
Stymphalian birds 74INDEX 349
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