Myths of the World: A Thematic Encyclopedia

adopted into Roman Ailill animals Baal battle becomes begins brothers Celtic child Chinese Chulainn circa classical Greek Conchobhar Connacht consort cosmos creates creation creator Cu Chulainn CULTURE OF ORIGIN Dagda Daoist dark daughter death deities demons discovers Dynasty earth Eme'mqut engenders Enki Enlil epic Ereškigal Erra father Findabair fire giant Gilgameš goddess gods Guan Yin heaven Herakles Hermes hero Hesiod Hindu human immortality Inana instructs Isis King Koryak land living Loki magic Malsum mankind Maori Marduk Medb Mesopotamian moon mortal mother mountain myth mythology Ninurta Nordic offspring oral traditions Osiris otherworld Othin pantheon primeval primordial Quetzalcoatl Quikinna'qu recorded from oral reindeer river Roman culture PROVENANCE sacred Šamaš sister Šiva slays spirit story subsequently adopted Sumerian Tablet takes tells Tenanto'mwan Tezcatlipoca tree Ulaid Ulster underworld Vafthruthnir Vedas Višnu Waldemar Jochelson Wang wife woman Zeus