World mythology : the illustrated guide

Böcker. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-309) and index.
Foreword by Robert Walter -- Introduction -- Dr Roy Willis Great Themes of Myth -- Dr Roy Willis -- Creation/The origins of the world -- Cosmic Architecture/The structure of the universe -- Myths of Humanity/Causes of life and death -- Supernatural Beings/Gods, spirits and demons -- Cosmic Disasters/The end of the world -- Heroes and Tricksters/Agents of change -- Animals and Plants/Energy, transformation and kinship -- Body and Soul/Spirit and the afterlife -- Marriage and Kinship/Myths of the social order -- A World Mythography -- Egypt -- Professor John Baines and Dr Geraldine Pinch -- The First Gods/Order from chaos -The Ennead/The Nine Gods of Heliopolis -- Osiris/Upholder of order -- Isis/The devoted widow -- Horus and Seth/The struggle for the throne of Osiris -- Solar Myths/The eternal cycle of renewal -- Myth and Magic/The secret name of Ra; the Book of Thoth -- Snakes and Scorpions/Agents of chaos -- Powerful Goddesses/Neith, Sekhmet and Bastet -- Other Goddesses/Anat, Astarte, Hathor and Taweret -- Kings and the Gods/The sacred role of the pharaohs -- Priest-Magicians/Setna Khaemwese and Imhotep -- Life After Death/The soul in the underworld -- The Middle East -- Professor the Reverend Canon J.R. Porter Sumer and Babylon/Myths from the first cities -- Gilgamesh/The great epic of mortality- Ishtar and Tammuz/The descent to the underworld -- Myths of Creation/Enki, Marduk and the divine decrees -- The Flood/Destruction and survival -- Ugaritic Myths/Kingship and succession -- Myths of the Hittites/Dragons and lost gods -- Persian Myths/Ahura Mazdah and the battle between good and evil -India -- Dr John Brockington Origins of the World/Sacrifice and conflict -- Indra/Warrior and king of the gods -- Brahma/The creator god -- Vishnu/Protector of the world -- Vishnu's Incarnations/The avatars -- Rama/The righteous avatar -- Krishna, the Adorable/The eighth avatar of Vishnu -- Shiva/The erotic and ascetic combined -- Devi/The manifold goddess -- Shiva's Family Circle/Shiva, Parvati, Skanda, Ganesha Jain Myth/A response to Hinduism -- The Enlightened One/Myths of Buddhism -- China -- Dr John Chinnery Order Out Of Chaos/Pan Gu and Hun Dun -- N℗ Gua and Fu Xi/The creation of humanity; flood myths -- Sun, Moon and Stars/Myths of the heavenly bodies -- Chinese Buddhism/Amitabha and Guanyin -- Taoist Myth/Gods and Immortals -- Myths of the Family/Filial piety and household gods -- Tibet and Mongolia -- Dr Martin Boord Myths of Origin/Radiant, Black Misery and the karmic wind -- Myths of the Ancient Kings/The sky-descended rulers -- King Gesar/The warrior-king -- The Taming of the Gods/The impact of Buddhism -- Mongolian Shamanism/Encounters with the spirit realm -- Japan -- Dr C. Scott Littleton Izanagi and Izanami/The primal couple -- Amaterasu and Susano/The contest of the sibling deities -- The Divine Crisis/Amaterasu's removal of the sun -- The Izumo Cycle/Susano's descent to earth; Okuninushi and the White Rabbit -- Gods, Heroes and Demons/Inari, Hachiman and the Oni -- The Realm of Saga/The exploits of Jimmu-tenno and Yamato-takeru -- Buddhist Myths/Three figures of mercy -- Greece -- Dr Simon Goldhill Myth and Society/Public and private observances -- The Birth of the Gods/The rise of the Olympians -- The Origins of Humanity/Prometheus, Pandora, Deucalion, Pyrrha -- Zeus/King of the gods -- The Couplings of Zeus/Human and divine consorts -- Athene/The virgin goddess -- Poseidon/God of the sea -- Apollo/The brilliant god -- Artemis/Chaste goddess of the hunt -- Dionysos/God of wine and altered states -- Goddesses of the Soil/Demeter and Persephone -- Ares and Aphrodite/War, love and sex -- Home, Hearth and Fire/Hermes, Hestia and Hephaistos -- The Underworld/The kingdom of Hades -- Heroes and Monsters/The world's prodigies -- Herakles/The archetypal hero -Theseus/Athenian hero and statesman -- Jason/The great adventurer -- The Argonauts/Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece -- Perseus/Slayer of Medusa -- The Trojan War/Homer's warrior epic -- After Troy/Odysseus and Agamemnon -- Transgressors/Breakers of the natural order 162 Centaurs and Amazons/Races of fabulous beings -- Transformations/Myths of metamorphosis; Orpheus -- Rome -- Dr Mary Beard Gods and Goddesses/The borrowed pantheon; household gods and civic virtues -- The Foundation of Rome/The destiny of Aeneas the Trojan -- Romulus and the Kings of Rome/The she-wolf and the myths of the past -- The Celtic World -- Dr John MacInnes The Celtic Pantheon/A miscellany of gods -- Myths and Gods of Ireland/The Mythological Cycle -- The Hero of Ulster/Tales of C℗Đ Chulainn -- Finn and His Warriors/The Fenian myths -- Goddesses/Motherhood, war and sovereignty -- Otherworldly Voyages/Conla, Mael D℗Đin and Bran -- Stories of Wales/The "Mabinogion" -- The Arthurian Legend/Arthur and his knights -- Northern Europe -- Dr Hilda Ellis Davidson Early and Lost Gods/Fragments of Northern myth -- Cosmology in the Viking Age/The World Tree and its realms -- Loki and Ragnarok/The trickster, the wolf and the last great battle -- Odin/Ruler of Asgard -- Thor/The thunder god -- Freyr and the Vanir/ Gods of sky, land and water -- Goddesses and Female Spirits/Freyja, Golden Apples, Valkyries and Norns -- The Dragon-Slayers/Beowulf and Sigurd -- Central and Eastern Europe -- Dr Faith Wigzell The Other World/The thrice tenth kingdom -- The Baba Iaga and the Amazons/Female creatures of folk tale -- Ancestors and Hearth Spirits/Ivan the Fool and the domovoi -- Spirit Souls of the Departed/The rusalka, vila and other visitors -- Malevolent Spirits/Forest creatures, werewolves and vampires -- The Arctic Regions -- Dr David Riches and Dr Piers Vitebsky Myths of the Inuit/Spirits of sea and sky -- Myths of Creation Myths/Great Spirit and Earth Diver -- The Origins of Humanity/The first human ancestors -- Gods and Heroes/Shapers and controllers of the world -- Shamans/Vision quests and guardian spirits -- Tricksters/Entertainers and mischief-makers -- Navajo Myths/Curing ceremonies and Coyote tales -- Myths of the Plains/Wakan Tanka and the sacred pipe -- Animal Myths/The relatives of humankind -- Mesoamerica -- Dr Nicholas J. Saunders The Old Gods/The jaguar and the fire deity -- Creations and Cataclysms/The myth of the suns -- Tezcatlipoca/Lord of the Smoking Mirror -- Quetzalcoatl/The feathered serpent -- Huitzilopochtli/God of sun and war -- Tlaloc and Fertility/Aztec gods of rain and corn -- Gods of the Sacred Calendar/Sacred and solar cycles -- Gods of the Maya/The three-layered cosmos -- South America -- Dr Nicholas J. Saunders Ancient Religions/Spirits, sacrifice and sacred journeys -- Myths of the Andes/The Incas and their predecessors -- The Inca Pantheon/Viracocha, Inti, Mama Kilya and Ilyap'a -- The Sacred Skies/Animal constellations and sacred lines -- Spirit Worlds/The universe transformed -- The Ancestral Forest/Origin myths of the forest peoples -- Africa -- Dr Roy Willis Origins of the World/Africa's creation myths -- The Upside-Down World/The realms of the living and the dead -- Death and Sex/The loss of immortality -- Myths of Kingship/The divine lineage of earthly rulers -Tower Myths/The folly of human presumptuousness -- Eshu The Trickster/Cunning mediator between heaven and earth -- Animal Myths/Tricksters, inventors and transformers -- Australia -- Professor Robert Layton The Big Flood/Myths of origin -- Death and Mourning/The origins of mortality -- The Origins of Marriage/Eaglehawk and Crow; Wodoy and Djunggun -- Tricksters/The ancestral order disrupted -- Shaping the Landscape/Myths of ancestral wanderings -- Oceania -- Dr James Weiner Myths of Origin/Creator gods and culture heroes -- Myths of the Sky/Human and heavenly realms -- Food and fertility/Sex and the origins of horticulture -- Myths of the Maori/Rangi, Papa and the Polynesian pantheon -- Ku and Lono/The Hawaiian ritual cycle -- Maui/Oceania's trickster hero -- Cargo Cults/The European impact -- Myth and Magic/Living myth on Goodenough Island -- Southeast Asia -- Dr Ing-Britt Trankell and Dr Roy Willis Myths of Origin/The creation of the world and humanity -- Humans, Gods and Spirits/The origins of civilization -- Encounters With Magic/Barbarians, demons and witches -- The Giver of Life/Myths about rice -- Further Reading -- Picture Credits -- Index.
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