Purposes and definitions [Chapter 1]. The study of
... mythology -- What is myth historically? -- The rise of mythology -- Mythology during the enlightenment -- Mythology in the 20th century -- Mythology today -- Reading mythology -- Works cited and suggestions for further reading -- Creation myths [Chapter 2]. The birth of order -- Classifying cosmogonic myths -- Types of creation myths -- Reading creation myths. Amma and Nummo create the world (Dogon/Nigeria) ; The creation, from The Eddas (Norse/Iceland) ; From Chaos to King Zeus, from the Theogony (Greek) -- Out of the blue (modern retelling from Iroquois sources) -- The creation of Ulligara and Zalgarra (Sumerian/Iraq) -- Creation myth from the Vishnu Purana (Hindu/India) -- Genesis: the creation account (Hebrew Scriptures) -- The Popul Vu (Maya/Yucatan and Guatemala) -- The female divine [Chapter 3]. The great goddess -- Archetypal psychology -- Goddess as literary character types -- Reading the female divine. The fire goddess (Hawaiian/Hawaii) ; White buffalo calf woman (Brule Sioux/North American Great Plains) ; The courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi (Sumerian/Iraq) ; A taste of Earth (modern retelling of Vietnamese materials/Vietnam) ; Kali beheaded (modern retelling of Hindu materials/India) ; Calisto and Arcas, from Ovid's Metamorphosis (Roman/Italy) ; On the origin of the world (Gnostic/Egypt) -- The male divine [Chapter 4]. The prehistory of God -- The "sorcerer" of Trois Frères -- The ʺ shamanʺ of Trois Frères -- Images of the masculine -- Reading the male divine. Bhagavad Gita (teachings 1, 2, 6, and 11; Hindu/India) ; Enki and Ninhursanga (Sumerian/Iraq) ; Orunmila gives the Orishas their powers and his friendship with Eshu (Yoruba/Nigeria) ; Thor's fual with Hrungnir (Norse/Iceland) ; Quetzalcoatl rescues the precious bones and discovers corn (Aztec/Mexico) -- Trickster myths [Chapter 5]. The embodiment of ambiguities -- Reading trickster myths. Why we tell stories about Spider (Ga/West Africa) ; Àjàpá, Ajá the dog, and the yams (Yoruba/Nigeria) ; How Coyote placed the stars (Wasco/Oregon) ; Coyote Man and Saucy Duckfeather (modern myth; Peter Blue Cloud) ; The trouble with Rose Hips (Lipan Apache/American Southwest) ; Old Man Coyote meets Coyote Woman (Blackfoot/South-Central Canada, North-Central U.S.) ; The treasures of the gods (Norse/Iceland) ; The seven great deeds of Ma-ui (Oceania) ; Prometheus, from the Theogony (Greek) ; Pa Pandir, or Daddy Moron (Malaysian) -- Sacred places [Chapter 6]. The grounding of mythology -- Gulliford's nine categories of sacred places -- Deloria's four categories of sacred sites -- Sites of longing and fear -- Combining interpretive strategies. The Zuni and the Grand Canyon (modern Zuni account/Arizona) ; The emergence (ancient Zuni account/Arizona) ; Bighorn medicine wheel (modern account/Wyoming) ; The medicine wheel (medicine man Hyemeyohsts Storm/Wyoming) ; Sacred landforms in Japan (Japan) ; The mountain of the lotus and the fan (Japan) ; Yoshoji and the goddess Fuji (Japan) ; The ten thousand treasure mountain (Yao/China) ; Kobo stories (Buddhist/Japan) ; The waters of eternal life (Jewish/Italy, 11th c.) ; The castle in the lake (Bon/Tibet) ; The Cormorants of Utröst (Norway) ; The areca tree (modern retelling of ancient Vietnamese materials) ; Biriwilg becomes a painting (Aboriginal Australia). Read More
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