Contents
CONTENTS
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| PAGE |
| EGYPTIAN |
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| OSIRIS AND ISIS | |
| RÊ, HIS GOING-DOWN AND UPRISING | |
| BABYLONIAN |
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| IN THE BEGINNING | |
| GILGAMISH | |
| THE STORY OF UTA-NAPISHTIM AND OF THE DELUGE THAT DESTROYED ALL THAT WAS ON THE EARTH | |
| ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO THE WORLD BELOW | |
| PERSIAN |
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| JAMSHĪD THE RESPLENDENT | |
| JEWISH POST-CHRISTIAN PERIOD |
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| THE ANGELS AND THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN | |
| THE CONFOUNDING OF THE ANGEL OF DEATH | |
| GREEK |
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| IN THE BEGINNING | |
| PROMETHEUS | |
| PANDORA | |
| DEMETER | |
| ORPHEUS | |
| DIONYSOS | |
| APOLLO | |
| HERAKLES | |
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| PAGE |
| ROMAN |
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| THE CHILDREN OF MARS | |
| NUMA THE LAW-GIVER | |
| THE SIBYL | |
| POMONA AND VERTUMNUS | |
| GRÆCO-ROMAN |
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| CUPID AND PSYCHE | |
| CELTIC |
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| IRISH--MIDIR AND ETAIN | |
| THE DEATH OF CONAIRE MÓR, THE KING OF IRELAND | |
| THE VOYAGE OF BRAN TO THE LAND OF THE IMMORTALS | |
| WELSH--PWYLL, PRINCE OF DYFED AND HIS VISIT TO ANNWFN, THE REALM OF FAËRIE | |
| MATH, THE SON OF MATHONWY | |
| FINNISH |
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| LEMMINKAINEN, HIS DESTRUCTION AND HIS RESTORATION TO LIFE | |
| ICELANDIC |
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| IN THE BEGINNING | |
| THE BUILDING OF THE WALL | |
| MIMIR | |
| BALDR | |
| LOKI'S PUNISHMENT | |
| THE CHILDREN OF LOKI | |
| RAGNA RÖK, THE FATE OF THE GODS | |
| INDIAN |
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| VEDIC--THE HEAVENLY NYMPH AND HER MORTAL HUSBAND | |
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| PAGE |
| EPIC--THE CHURNING OF THE OCEAN | |
| THE BIRTH OF THE GANGES | |
| SĀVITRĪ AND THE LORD OF THE DEAD | |
| DAMAYANTĪ'S CHOICE | |
| BUDDHIST--GOTAMA'S ATTAINMENT | |
| CHINESE |
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| IN THE BEGINNING | |
| THE WEAVER MAIDEN AND THE HERDSMAN | |
| JAPANESE |
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| THE SUN GODDESS AND THE STORM GOD AND THE STRIFE THERE WAS BETWEEN THEM | |
| THE FIRST PEOPLE | |
| POLYNESIAN |
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| NEW ZEALAND--IN THE BEGINNING | |
| NEW ZEALAND AND HAWAII--MA-UI THE FIRE-BRINGER | |
| HOW MA-UI STROVE TO WIN IMMORTALITY FOR ALL CREATURES | |
| PE-LE, HAWAII'S GODDESS OF VOLCANIC FIRE | |
| PERUVIAN |
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| VIRACOCHA | |
| THE LLAMA-HERDER AND THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN | |
| CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MEXICAN |
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| IN THE BEGINNING | |
| THE TWIN HEROES AND THE LORDS OF XIBALBA | |
| QUETZALCOATL | |
| QUETZALCOATL'S ENEMY | |
| THE GODS OF THE AZTECA | |
| THE AZTECA | |
| ZUÑI |
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| PAÍYATUMA AND THE MAIDENS OF THE CORN | |
| INDEX | 319 |