Author: Colorado Online
Introduction
I. Chapter 1: Mythology Then and Now
1.1 The Iliad in Outline
1.2 Sample: Achilles Duels Hector
1.3 The Odyssey in Outline
1.4 Sample: Odysseus and Polyphemus, from The Odyssey
1.5 The Ramayana in Outline
1.6 Sample: Kaikeyi's Plot
II. Chapter 2: Global Myths of Creation and Destruction
2.1 Genesis 1-3, World English Bible
2.2 The Enuma Elish, or Babylonian Creation Cycle
2.3 Genesis 6:9-9:17, World English Bible
2.4 Popul Vuh in Outline
2.5 The Beginning of Ife, from the Yoruba Traditions of Africa
2.6 The Children of Heaven and Earth (Polynesian Creation)
2.7 The Norse Creation Story, From Snorri Sturlson’s Prose Edda
2.8 Ragnarok, The Norse Destruction Myth, from Snorri Sturlson’s Prose Edda
III. Chapter 3: Goddess & Fertility Myths
3.1 The Kojiki, Paraphrased
3.2 Goddesses of China
3.3 Durga Slays Mahishasura
3.4 Isis, Osiris, and Horus
3.5 The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
3.6 Medea in Outline
IV. Chapter 4: Trickster Myths
4.1 Loki Trickster Myth
4.2 Tales of Anansi
4.3 The Dance for Water, or Rabbit’s Triumph
4.4 Brer Rabbit
4.5 Raven Steals Light
4.6 Why the Whale Spouts
4.7 How the Koala Lost His Tail
4.8 Coniraya Viracocha
V. Chapter 5: Hero Myths
5.1 Joseph Campbell in Context
5.2 The Monomyth: Understanding the Seventeen Stages of the Hero's Journey
5.3 The Hero's Journey in Action & How To Write Your Own
5.4 The Myth of Hercules
5.5 The Oedipus Trilogy
5.6 The Adventures of Thor
5.7 Quetzalcoatl in Outline
1. 5.8 The Epic of Gilgamesh in Outline
References
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