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Critical survey of mythology and folklore: World mythology
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The Americas. Mesoamerica. The Azteca / Micah Issitt --
The Aztec Creation Myth / Micah Issitt --
The Birth of the War God / Micah Issitt --
Cihuacóatl as Warrior / Jack Ewing --
The Creation of Music / Micah Issitt --
Hunahpú and Xbalanqué / Jack Ewing --
Legend of the Fifth Sun / Jack Ewing --
The Lords of Xibalba / Jack Ewing --
The Maya Creation Myth / Adam Berger, Michael P. Auerbach.
North America. The Fight with the Water Monster / Michael P. Auerbach --
George Washington: I Cannot Tell a Lie / Mason Locke Weems ; Ashleigh Imus --
The Girl Who Married a Gnome / Sally Driscoll --
How Jack O'Lanterns Came to Be / Zora Neale Hurston ; Patrick G. Cooper --
Iroquois Creation Story / Sally Driscoll --
John Henry: The Steel Driving Man / S.E. Schlosser ; Sally Driscoll --
La Llorona, Omen of Death / Micah Issitt --
The Legend of Joaquín Murrieta / Jack Ewing --
Legend of the Buffalo Dance / Mark S. Joy --
Ottawa Creation Story / Mark S. Joy --
Paíyatuma and the Maidens of the Corn / Michael P. Auerbach --
Raven Steals Daylight from the Sky / Sally Driscoll --
Sedna, Goddess of the Sea / Sally Driscoll --
Shaman Isaac Tens / R.C. Lutz --
Sioux Creation Story / Mark S. Joy --
Talk Concerning the First Beginning / Michael P. Auerbach --
Wunzh / Sally Driscoll.
South America. Amalivaca / John Pritchard --
The Boy Who Rose to the Sky / Adam Berger --
How Evils Befell Mankind / John Pritchard --
How the Jaguar Lost His Fire / John Pritchard --
The Men from the Sea / R.C. Lutz --
The Monkey's Exploit / Micah Issitt --
Origin of Living Creatures / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Rod of Gold / Adam Berger --
Uitoto Creation Story / Adam Berger --
Viracocha / Adam Berger --
A Young Man and the Star / John Pritchard.
The Pacific. Oceania. Birth of Sea and Land Life / R.C. Lutz --
Borah of Byamee / Patrick G. Cooper --
Bram-Bram-Bult / Patrick G. Cooper --
The Children of Heaven and Earth / Patrick G. Cooper --
Dream of Haumaka / R.C. Lutz --
Kahalaopuna, Princess of Manoa / Michael P. Auerbach --
Mataora's Visit to Hawaiki / Patrick G. Cooper --
The Polynesian Creation Myth / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Samoan Story of Creation / Michael P. Auerbach --
Seven Sisters / Patrick G. Cooper --
The Two Sorcerers / Patrick G. Cooper --
What Makes the Waves / Patrick G. Cooper.
Africa. Sub-Sahara Africa. The Daughter of Sun and Moon / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Gods Descend from Heaven / Michael P. Auerbach --
How Beasts and Serpents First Came into the World / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Sacrifice of Mórimi / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Slave Called the World / R.C. Lutz --
Thunder and Anansi / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Thunder Bride / Michael P. Auerbach.
Egypt. Amen-Ra, the God of Empire / T. Fleischmann --
The Battle of Horus and Set / Jack Ewing --
The Bentresh Stela / Haley Blum --
The Boat of Ra / Jack Ewing --
The Book of Thoth / T. Fleischmann --
The Egyptian Creation Myth / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Gods of Egypt / T. Fleischmann --
Horus and the City of Pe / T. Fleischmann --
Instruction of Amenemhet / Haley Blum --
Isis and the Seven Scorpions / T. Fleischmann --
The Island of Enchantment / Jack Ewing --
The Name of Ra / Haley Blum --
The Rise of Amen / Jack Ewing --
The Tale of Sinuhe / Haley Blum --
The Two Brothers / Jack Ewing --
The Victory of Sinuhe / Haley Blum.
Asia. West Asia. Ahura Mazda and the Battle between Good and Evil / John Pritchard --
The Baal Myth from Ugarit / R.C. Lutz --
The Burning Bush / Judy Johnson --
The Creation and Fall / Judy Johnson --
The Nursemaid of Rostam / R.C. Lutz --
Pharaoh's Dreams / T. Fleischmann --
Samson the Judge / T. Fleischmann --
The Story of Job / Judy Johnson --
The Tower of Babel / Ashleigh Imus.
Mesopotamia. Before All Befores / John Pritchard --
The Birth of the Great Gods and Goddesses / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Creation of Enkidu / R.C. Lutz --
The Death of Enkidu / T. Fleischmann --
The Death of Gilgameš / T. Fleischmann --
Enki and Ninhursaĝa / John Pritchard --
Enuma elish , the Babylonian Creation Myth / T. Fleischmann --
Etana, King of Kish / John Pritchard --
Inana and Šu-kale-tuda / Patrick G. Cooper --
Inana's Descent / Patrick G. Cooper --
The Journey of Nanna to Nippur / R.C. Lutz --
Marduk the Dragon Slayer / Michael P. Auerbach --
Nanna and Ningal / R.C. Lutz --
Ninurta and the Turtle /rMichael P. Auerbach --
The Sin of the God Zu / Sally Driscoll --
The Sumerian Creation of Humankind / John Pritchard --
The Theft of Destiny / Sally Driscoll --
Uta-Napishtim and the Deluge /rMichael P. Auerbach.
East Asia. The Adventures of Kintarō, the Golden Boy / R.C. Lutz --
The Casting of the Great Bell / R.C. Lutz --
Ch'ŏnjiwangbonp'uri / R.C. Lutz --
The Dragons / R.C. Lutz --
The Fairy Princess of Mount Ophir / R.C. Lutz --
The First People / R.C. Lutz --
Garuda / John Pritchard --
How a Man Got the Better of Two Foxes / R.C. Lutz --
In the Palace of the Sea God / R.C. Lutz --
The Island of Women / T. Fleischmann --
The Korean Cinderella / R.C. Lutz --
The Magic White Swan / R.C. Lutz --
The Magnanimous Girl / R.C. Lutz --
Origin of the Tiger / R.C. Lutz --
Pangu Creates the World / R.C. Lutz --
Prince Mountain and Princess Mountain / R.C. Lutz --
The Spirit of the Lotus Lily / R.C. Lutz --
Urashima Tarō / R.C. Lutz --
Water War / R.C. Lutz --
The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman / Haley Blum --
Yinglong, the Winged Dragon / R.C. Lutz --
Yu Rebuilds the Earth / T. Fleischmann.
India. Brahmā the Creator / Adam Berger --
The Creation of the Ganges / Micah Issitt --
Damayantī's Choice / Adam Berger --
Draupadī / Adam Berger --
Durgā / Adam Berger --
Gotama's Attainment / Adam Berger --
The Heavenly Nymph and Her Mortal Husband / Adam Berger --
The Incarnations of Visnu / T. Fleischmann --
Matsya and the Great Flood / Adam Berger.
Europe. British Isles. Beowulf and the Battle with Grendel / G. Matthews --
The Birth of Bran / G. Matthews --
Childe Rowland / T. Fleischmann --
The Combat of Fer Díad and Cúchulainn / Patrick G. Cooper --
Culhwch and Olwen: Hunting the Twrch Trwyth / G. Matthews --
The Death of King Arthur / Sir Thomas Malory ; Theresa L. Stowell --
The Fisher King / Ashleigh Imus --
Havelok and Godard / Patrick G. Cooper --
King Arthur and Guinevere / Sir Thomas Malory ; Pegge Bochynski --
King Arthur's Round Table / Theresa L. Stowell --
The Legend of Tuan mac Carell / Patrick G. Cooper --
The Marriage of Sir Gawain / Ashleigh Imus --
The Mermaid / Theresa L. Stowell --
The Morrígu / Patrick G. Cooper --
Oisín's Mother / Patrick G. Cooper --
The Order of Scáthach / Patrick G. Cooper --
Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail / Pegge Bochynski --
Sir Gammer Vans / G. Matthews --
The Story of Saint Kenelm / Patrick G. Cooper --
The Story of the Young Cuckoo / Patrick G. Cooper.
Greco-Roman World. Achilles and the Stern Waters of Styx / Ashleigh Imus --
Apollo Establishes His Temple at Delphi / Ashleigh Imus --
Athena and the Birth of Erichthonius / T. Fleischmann --
Bellerophon and the Battle with Chimera / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Birth of Zeus / T. Fleischmann --
Cadmus Sowing the Dragon's Teeth / Ashleigh Imus --
Cronus and the Birth of the Cosmos / T. Fleischmann --
The Death of Ajax / Micah Issitt --
The Divine Loves of Zeus / T. Fleischmann --
Gaia and the Castration of Uranus / T. Fleischmann --
Helen of Troy / T. Fleischmann --
Hera and the Seduction of Zeus / T. Fleischmann --
Jove's Great Deluge / T. Fleischmann --
King Oedipus Is Revealed / T. Fleischmann --
The Line and the Cave / Plato ; Sally Driscoll --
The Love of Aphrodite and Anchises / Ashleigh Imus --
The Myth of Atlantis / T. Fleischmann --
The Myth of Er / Sally Driscoll --
Pandora and the Great Jar / Ashleigh Imus --
Prometheus and the Theft of Fire / T. Fleischmann --
The Prophecy of Paris / T. Fleischmann --
The Sack of Troy / Ashleigh Imus --
The Statue of Pygmalion / Ashleigh Imus --
The Twelfth Labor: Hercules and Cerberus / T. Fleischmann --
The Vengeance of Medea / Sally Driscoll --
Zeus and the Titan War / T. Fleischmann.
Norse World. The Aesir-Vanir War / Michael P. Auerbach --
Brynhildr, the Norse Valkyrie / Michael P. Auerbach --
Freya's Necklace / John Pritchard --
How Thor Fought the Giant Hrungnir / John Pritchard --
Loki and the Dwarfs / T. Fleischmann --
Loki Bound / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Nine Worlds of the Norse / Michael P. Auerbach --
The Norse Creation of the Cosmos / T. Fleischmann --
Odin's Discovery of the Runes / T. Fleischmann --
The Otter's Ransom / Michael P. Auerbach --
Ragnarok / T. Fleischmann --
The Theft of Mjölnir / Michael P. Auerbach.
Western Europe. The Death of Roland / Patrick G. Cooper --
Diamonds and Toads / Patrick G. Cooper --
El Cid / Patrick G. Cooper --
The Emperor's New Clothes / Ashleigh Imus --
The Enchanted Maiden / R.C. Lutz --
The Gingerbread Man / Peter Christen Asbjornsen ; Theresa L. Stowell --
Hop o' My Thumb / Charles Perrault ; Patrick G. Cooper --
Little Red Cap Theresa L. Stowell --
Petrosinella Theresa L. Stowell --
Princess Belle-Étoile / Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy ; R.C. Lutz --
Princess Rosette / Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy ; / Michael P. Auerbach --
Snow-White and Rose-Red / Andrew Lang ; Ashleigh Imus --
Thumbelina / Hans Christian Andersen ; Ashleigh Imus.
Central and Eastern Europe. Baba Yaga / Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal ; Ashleigh Imus --
The Boys with the Golden Stars / Andrew Lang ; Patrick G. Cooper --
Cinderella / Konstantin Pavlov ; John Pritchard --
The Dragon and the Prince / Patrick G. Cooper --
Father Frost / Verra Xenophontovna Kalamatiano de Blumenthal ; Theresa L. Stowell --
The Feather of Finist the Falcon / Alexander Afanasyev ; Patrick G. Cooper --
The Firebird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa / Patrick G. Cooper --
Ilya Muromets and the Dragon / Alexander Afanasyev ; Patrick G. Cooper --
King Kojata / Andrew Lang ; Patrick G. Cooper --
The Lime Tree / Patrick G. Cooper --
Prince Bayaya / Bozena Nemcova ; R.C. Lutz --
Princess Miranda and Prince Hero / Patrick G. Cooper.
Appendices. Mythology in the Classroom --
Lesson Plan --
Time Line --
Guide to Online Resources.
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