Calypso 68, 68 , 71
canoes 319 , 333
first canoe 258–59
Capitoline Triad 94, 107
Capitoline Wolf 103
Cardea 121
Carna 121
Cassiopeia 83
Cat of Heliopolis 273
cattle of Geryon 75
Cattle Raid of Cooley 166–67
Cecrops 57
Celtic mythology 13, 128, 129, 164–71
centaurs 63
Cephisus 114
Cerberus 49, 75, 100
Ceres 108, 111
Ceryneian Hind 74
Cethlenn 164
Cetus 83
Chalchiuhtlicue 251
Chang’e 217
Chantways 13
Chaos 20
Charon 48, 100
Charybdis 71
Cherokee 236–37
Chinese mythology 159, 180–81, 214–19
Chiron 63
Chrétien de Troyes 174, 177
Christian cosmology 155
Christianity 94, 117, 128, 154, 157, 159,
177, 199, 234, 331
Cihuacoatl 252
Cinyras 89
Circe 71, 84, 100
Clytemnestra 64, 65, 65
Codex Chimalpopoca 235
Coffin Texts 265, 271, 283
Corybantes 109, 116
creation myths
Aboriginal 304
Aztec 250–55
Babylonian 180, 188–89
Chinese 214 –15
Dogon 290–91
egg motif 161, 181, 214, 218, 231 , 316
Egyptian 268–71
Greek 20–23
Hindu 212–13
Inca 256–57
Native American 236–39
Norse 130–33, 161–62
Oceanic 300–01, 316 –17, 318, 324
Patagonian 260–61
San 284
see also humankind, origins of
Cretan bull 74, 76
Crete 27, 46, 76–77
Cúchulainn 166–67, 167
cults, mystery 17, 116–17
bull cult 46, 77cults (cont.)
Dionysian 17, 52
Eleusinian Mysteries 51
Mithras 119
culture heroes 142, 147
Cupid 61, 112 , 112–13
Cybele 13, 95, 101, 108–09, 111, 116 , 116 –17
cyclical time 155
Cyclops 70D
Daedalus 77, 78–81, 79 , 80 , 81
Dag 132
Dagda 164
Dagda’s Cauldron 164, 164
Danaë 46, 82
dances, sacred 240, 241, 261 , 304 , 330 , 331
Dan’gun Wanggeom 181, 229, 229
Daphne 60–61, 61
Dasharatha 206, 207
Dauarani 259
Dawi 315
decay, death, and regeneration 89, 117,
118, 272–73
see also seasonal cycle
Deerskin Dance 240, 241
Delphi 28, 58–59, 59, 73, 76, 86, 104
déma 13, 301, 310 –15
Demeter 17, 23, 26, 28–29, 30, 30, 31, 49, 50, 51
Descent of Inanna 184–87
Deukalion 37–38, 38, 197
dharma 181, 203
Dharti Mata 212
Di Jun 216
Dido 99, 99 , 100
Dinadin 312
Diomedes 74–75
Dionysius of Halicarnassus 95, 104
Dionysus 30, 30 , 31, 45, 52 , 65
Dis 99, 100
divination 104, 215, 265, 296, 296 , 297
Dodekatheon 29, 30
Dogon mythology 13, 265, 288–93
Dorobo 285
dragons 58, 84, 158, 159 , 225
Draupadi 202 , 203
Draupnir 145
Dreamtime 13, 300, 302–07
Druids 128
Duat 272, 273
Dumuzid 187, 194
Dun, the Brown Bull of Cooley 166, 167
Durga 210, 210
Duryodhana 203
Dushasana 202 , 203
dwarves and elves 132, 136, 137, 142,
144–145, 157, 158E
Ea 188, 189, 197
Earth Mother 20, 22, 35, 212, 235, 238, 239
Easter Island 324–25
Echidna 49
Echo 114 , 114
Echtach 171
Eddic verse 13, 136, 137, 143, 152
see also Snorri Sturluson; Völuspá
Egeria 106, 107
egg motif 161, 181, 214, 218, 231, 316
Eggther 152–53
Egyptian mythology 12, 117, 264–65, 266–83
Eitri 144, 145
Elal 261
Electra 65
Elephant, Mount 307, 307
Eleusinian Mysteries 51
Elysian Fields 49
Embla 133
En-kai 265, 285
Enheduanna 185
Enki 186, 187
Enkidu 192, 192 , 193, 194, 195
Enlil 185, 186, 194, 197
Ennead 269, 282
Enuma Elish 12, 188–89
Eos 23
Epic of Gilgamesh 12, 180, 190–97
Epimetheus 37, 41
Epona 128
Ereshkigal 184, 185, 187
Erichthonius 57
Erinyes (Furies) 22, 65
Eros 60, 61 , 61 , 84, 88
Erymanthian boar 74
Eshu (Esù-Elegba) 265, 294–97, 295
Etruscan gods 94
euhemerism 131
Euripides 16, 65, 85
Europa 46, 46 , 77
European mythologies 126–75
Eurydice 53
Eurynomos 49
Eurystheus 73, 74, 75
evil, origins of 40–41
Excalibur 175–76, 175 , 176, 177F
Fafnir 158, 158
fairy tales 113
Fates 35, 137INDEX 345
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