The Big Book of World Mythology by Reeja Radhakrishnan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents About the Author Dedication Introduction The Big Book of World Mythology

Children of the Sun: North and South America

The Spirit of the Yosemite The Children of the Sun How Sedna Became a Sea Goddess How the Si’a Bird Stole the Jewels The Rainbow Maiden How the Milky Way Came to Be A Bride for the Morning Star And Then There Were Butterflies Coyote Kills the Giant The Hero Twins The Volcano Goddess Sister Sun and Brother Moon Br’er Rabbit and the Tar Baby How the Bears Lost the Fire

Magical Mystery Tour: Myths from the British Isles

A Wife Made of Flowers King Arthur and Excalibur The Fairy Flag of the MacLeod Dagda’s Harp The Selkie Wife Finn MacCool, the Wise Warrior Deirdre of the Sorrows The Champion’s Portion

Of Pharaohs and Forests: African and Egyptian Legends

Ra the Golden God What a Little Moonlight Can Do Osiris, the Pharaoh of Egypt Isis’s Quest for Osiris’s Remains Horus Seeks Revenge The Doomed Prince Kachirambe How the Sun and the Moon Came to Be Lonkundo Traps a Wife Why Bushmen Fear the Rainbow Mwindo, the Boy Warrior

European Mosaic: Norse, Swedish and Beyond

How Thor Got His Hammer Back Vainamoinen Beowulf, the Monster Slayer A Mother Seeks Revenge Pomona Meets Her Match An Echo and a Flower How Prometheus Stole Fire The Girl Who Became a Tree Theseus and the Minotaur Those Halcyon Days in Winter And Then Came the Spider How Apollo Got His Lyre

Desert Tapestry: West and Central Asian Myths

To Kill a Mighty Serpent Inanna Goes to the Underworld The Rescue of Inanna Someone Else to Take Her Place Gilgamesh Meets His Match Gilgamesh and the Cedar Forest Marduk, the Lord of the Gods Baal and Yamm—The Final Battle The Horse-Headed Fiddle Erkhei Mergen and the Seven Suns

Cold Coming: Russian and Slavic Tales

The Legend of the Firebird A Golden Horse and a Beautiful Princess The End . . . and a Beginning Bright Sunbeam Akkanidi, the Bright Sunshine Vasilisa the Fair In Baba Yaga’s Lair Death for the Deathless The Lake that Ran Away

Oriental Odyssey: Stories from South and South Asia

Grass for Ganesha Urmila, the Sleeping Princess A Hunter’s Devotion Four Dragons The Lady on the Moon Go away, Nian The Dancing Princess How the Moon Tricked the Sun The Monkey King Wreaks Havoc Why the Tides Love the Moon When the Clouds Kiss the Mountain The Sun and the Moon: A Tiger Tale The Cherry Blossom Princess Hide-and-Seek Susano-O and the Serpent

Water World: Legends From Oceania

A Serpent in Dreamtime Legend of the Mirrabooka And Then Came the Sun: A Bird Story The Swan Flies to Dreamtime The Huntsman and the Magic Spear And the Sky and the Earth Parted How Maui Tamed the Sun

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