Orpheus: Myths of the World: Introduction: Contents
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| EGYPTIAN | |
| OSIRIS AND ISIS | 3 |
| RÊ, HIS GOING-DOWN AND UPRISING | 7 |
| BABYLONIAN | |
| IN THE BEGINNING | 17 |
| GILGAMISH | 19 |
| THE STORY OF UTA-NAPISHTIM AND OF THE DELUGE THAT DESTROYED ALL THAT WAS ON THE EARTH | 27 |
| ISHTAR'S DESCENT INTO THE WORLD BELOW | 33 |
| PERSIAN | |
| JAMSHĪD THE RESPLENDENT | 41 |
| JEWISH POST-CHRISTIAN PERIOD | |
| THE ANGELS AND THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN | 53 |
| THE CONFOUNDING OF THE ANGEL OF DEATH | 55 |
| GREEK | |
| IN THE BEGINNING | 61 |
| PROMETHEUS | 64 |
| PANDORA | 67 |
| DEMETER | 73 |
| ORPHEUS | 80 |
| DIONYSOS | 83 |
| APOLLO | 86 |
| HERAKLES | 83 |
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| ROMAN | |
| THE CHILDREN OF MARS | 107 |
| NUMA THE LAW-GIVER | 114 |
| THE SIBYL | 117 |
| POMONA AND VERTUMNUS | 119 |
| GRÆCO-ROMAN | |
| CUPID AND PSYCHE | 125 |
| CELTIC | |
| IRISH--MIDIR AND ETAIN | 141 |
| THE DEATH OF CONAIRE MÓR, THE KING OF IRELAND | 145 |
| THE VOYAGE OF BRAN TO THE LAND OF THE IMMORTALS | 152 |
| WELSH--PWYLL, PRINCE OF DYFED AND HIS VISIT TO ANNWFN, THE REALM OF FAËRIE | 158 |
| MATH, THE SON OF MATHONWY | 162 |
| FINNISH | |
| LEMMINKAINEN, HIS DESTRUCTION AND HIS RESTORATION TO LIFE | 179 |
| ICELANDIC | |
| IN THE BEGINNING | 187 |
| THE BUILDING OF THE WALL | 190 |
| MIMIR | 194 |
| BALDR | 195 |
| LOKI'S PUNISHMENT | 202 |
| THE CHILDREN OF LOKI | 204 |
| RAGNA RÖK, THE FATE OF THE GODS | 208 |
| INDIAN | |
| VEDIC--THE HEAVENLY NYMPH AND HER MORTAL HUSBAND | 215 |
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| EPIC--THE CHURNING OF THE OCEAN | 218 |
| THE BIRTH OF THE GANGES | 220 |
| SĀVITRĪ AND THE LORD OF THE DEAD | |
| DAMAYANTĪ'S CHOICE | 228 |
| BUDDHIST--GOTAMA'S ATTAINMENT | 231 |
| CHINESE | |
| IN THE BEGINNING | 237 |
| THE WEAVER MAIDEN AND THE HERDSMAN | 239 |
| JAPANESE | |
| THE SUN GODDESS AND THE STORM GOD AND THE STRIFE THERE WAS BETWEEN THEM | 245 |
| THE FIRST PEOPLE | 248 |
| POLYNESIAN | |
| NEW ZEALAND--IN THE BEGINNING | 253 |
| NEW ZEALAND AND HAWAII--MA-UI THE FIRE-BRINGER | 254 |
| HOW MA-UI STROVE TO WIN IMMORTALITY FOR ALL CREATURES | 260 |
| PE-LE, HAWAII'S GODDESS OF VOLCANIC FIRE | 261 |
| PERUVIAN | |
| VIRACOCHA | 275 |
| THE LLAMA-HERDER AND THE VIRGIN OF THE SUN | 279 |
| CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MEXICAN | |
| IN THE BEGINNING | 285 |
| THE TWIN HEROES AND THE LORDS OF XIBALBA | 289 |
| QUETZALCOATL | 298 |
| QUETZALCOATL'S ENEMY | 300 |
| THE GODS OF THE AZTECA | 302 |
| THE AZTECA | 305 |
| ZUÑI | |
| PAÍYATUMA AND THE MAIDENS OF THE CORN | 311 |
| INDEX | 319 |