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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Copyright
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I: IN THE BEGINNING
Chapter One: PARENTS AND CHILDREN
Thetis and Achilles
Hera and Hephaistos
Orion and Oenopion
Theseus and Hippolytus
Osiris, Isis and Horus
The Story of Poia
Chapter Two: SIBLINGS
Cain and Abel
Ares and Hephaistos
Romulus and Remus
Antigone
Chapter Three: THE FAMILY INHERITANCE
The Children of the Wind
The House of Thebes
The House of Atreus
PART II: BECOMING AN INDIVIDUAL
Chapter One: LEAVING HOME
Adam and Eve
The Buddha's Departure
Peredur the Son of Evrawc
Chapter Two: FIGHTING FOR AUTONOMY
Siegfried
The Fair Unknown
Gilgamesh and the Tree of Life
Chapter Three: THE QUEST FOR MEANING
Vainamoinen and the Talisman
Parsifal and the Grail
Perseus
PART III: LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
Chapter One: PASSION AND REJECTION
Echo and Narcissus
Cybele and Attis
Samson and Delilah
The Enchantment of Merlin
Chapter Two: THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE
The Marriage of Zeus and Hera
Arthur and Guinevere
Chapter Three: MARRIAGE
Gerda and Frey
Nyneve's Transformation
Alcestis and Admetus
Odysseus and Penelope
PART IV: POSITION AND POWER
Chapter One: FINDING A VOCATION
Lugh
A Myth of Two Brothers
Phaëthon and the Sun-chariot
Chapter Two: GREED AND AMBITION
Arachne
The Ring of Polycrates
King Midas
The Corruption of Andvari
Chapter Three: RESPONSIBILITY
King Minos and the Bull
King Arthur's Peacetime Army
The Judgement of Solomon
PART V: RITES OF PASSAGE
Chapter One: SEPARATION, LOSS AND SUFFERING
Job's Trials
Orpheus and Eurydice
Chiron the Centaur
Chapter Two: THE SPIRITUAL QUEST
The Fortunes of Dr Faustus
The Buddha's Enlightenment
Parsifal
Chapter Three: THE FINAL JOURNEY
Maui and the Death Goddess
Er Among the Dead
Indra and the Parade of Ants
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index
Acknowledgements
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