World mythology : an anthology of the great myths and epics

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THE MIDDLE EAST

Babylonia: The Enuma elish

Egypt: Osiris, Isis, 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 of 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)

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