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THE RAMAYANA RAMA AND SITA In the epic, Rama and Sita are portrayed as the ideal couple. Rama wins his wife in a contest of stre ...

SOUTH ASIA ALLIES Rama’s greatest allies in the rescue of Sita were Sugreeva, Hanuman, and their army of monkeys. Hanuman’s grea ...

THE RAMAYANA ADVERSARIES In the Ramayana, Rama’s enemies are referred to as rakshasas, or demons. Traditionally, they were malig ...

The Mahabharata The great war One of the greatest conflicts in Indian mythology, 18 military divisions took part in this colossa ...

KEY CHARACTERS The Mahabharata has a vast array of characters. Many are warriors, such as Arjuna, the great archer, and his son, ...

The Ganges (Ganga) is sacred in Hinduism both as a river and as the goddess Ganga, who personifies its waters. According to a po ...

KEY CHARACTERS The main characters in the story of the origin of the Ganges, besides Sagara, are Kapila and Bhagiratha; both wer ...

THE FOUNDER OF CHINA Fu Xi was married to the goddess Nü Wa. He was said to have come to Earth in prehistoric times to become th ...

TWO SAGE RULERS A mythical emperor renowned both for his wisdom and skill in arms, Yao ruled over vast territories and brought p ...

According to Daoist myths, the vast and complex court of the Chinese emperor was mirrored in a celestial court of immortals who ...

THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN Known as the Golden Mother or the Queen Mother of the West, Xi Wangmu was one of the most powerful immortals ...

responsibility of looking after the heavenly peach garden, where the Peaches of Immortality grew. Monkey was very happy in heave ...

MONKEY’S JOURNEY The most popular aspects of Monkey’s story deal with episodes of his mischief-making, and his meeting with the ...

EAST ASIA KINTARO’S BIRTH Kintoki was a warrior from Kyoto who fell in love with a beautiful young woman and married her. Soon a ...

KINTARO THE SAMURAI’S FOLLOWER Kintaro was renowned for his superhuman strength. When he uprooted a tree to make a bridge, he wa ...

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AFRICA ...

A frica is an immense landmass that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea, across the equator, to a point far to the south of the ...

INTRODUCTION THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ALL THE MYTHS OF THE AFRICAN PEOPLES WOULD FILL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PAGES, EVEN WIT ...

to cure the infant. But later, when she gave birth to her own son, Horus, he, in turn, was bitten by a scorpion and Isis, who ha ...