World Mythology. An Anthology of the Great Myths and Epics
1987; Wiley; Volume: 71; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/326767
ISSN1540-4781
AutoresHelen E. Moritz, Donna Rosenberg,
Tópico(s)Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
ResumoPreface Introduction The Middle East Babylonia The Enuma elish Egypt Osiris, Iris, and Horus Hittite Telepinu Sumer/Babylonia Gilgamesh Persia Esfandyar, the Prince Who Would Be King Greece and Rome Greece The Creation of the Titans and the Gods The Ages of Man Demeter and Persephone The Labors and Death of Heracles The Iliad Jason and the Golden Fleece Medea Rome Pyramus and Thisbe The Aeneid The Far East and the Pacific Islands India The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe The Ramayana China The Creation of the Universe and Human Beings Chi Li Slays the Serpent Japan Amaterasu Kotan Utunnai (Ainu) New Zealand The Creation Cycle (Polynesia/Maori) Hawaii The Taming of the Sun (Polynesia/Hawaii) The British Isles Ireland/Scotland The Ages of the World Dagda the Good England/Scandinavia Beowulf England/France King Arthur Northern Europe The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe The Death of Balder The Theft of Thor's Hammer Sigurd the Volsung Africa Nigeria The Creation o the Universe and Ife (Yoruba) Zaire The Origin of Life and Fire (Boshongo/Bakuba) Benin The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo (Fon) Ghana Gassire's Lute (Soninke) Mali Bakaridjan Kone (Segu) The Americas Bolivia The Creation (Tiahuanaco/Aymara) Peru The Children of the Sun (Inca) Venezuela Wanadi the Creator (Yekuhana) Guatemala The Creation (Maya) Mexico The Creation Cycle (Toltec/Aztec) Quetzalcoatl (Toltec/Aztec) United States The Emergence (Navajo) Lodge-Boy and Thrown-Away (Crow) United States/Canada The Woman Who Fell from the Sky (Iroquois/Huron) Raven and the Sources of Light (Haida/Tsimshian/Tlingit) Sedna (Inuit) Canada Caught by a Hair-String (Micmac) Notes Selected Bibliography Index of Characters with Pronunciation Guide
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