eText readings were adapted from the following sources.

Chapter 1

Homer. The Odyssey. Translated by Samuel Butler, 1900. Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://sacred-texts.com/cla/homer/ody/index.htm

Homer. The Odyssey: Book IX. Translated by Samuel Butler, 1900. Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://sacred-texts.com/cla/homer/ody/ody09.htm

Homer. Iliad: Book 22. Translated by Alexander Pope, 1720. Mythopedia, https://mythopedia.com/library/iliad-pope-1720/book-22

Valmiki. Canto IX: The Plot. Ramayana. Internet Sacred Text Archive, www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rama/ry087.htm.

Chapter 2

Elish, Enuma. “The Epic of Creation.” ETANA. https://etana.org/

Genesis 1. The Bible. New International Version, Bible Gateway, 2011, www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis&version=NIV.

Genesis 6. The Bible. New International Version, Bible Gateway, 2011, www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+6&version=NIV.

Grey, Sir George. Polynesian Mythology. WoodFall and kinder, 1855. Internet Archive, 17 Jan. 2017, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.219427/page/n17/mode/2up.

Popol Vuh: Sacred Book of the Quiché Maya People. Electronic version of Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya (University of Oklahoma Press, 2003). Mesoweb Publications, https://www.mesoweb.com/publications/Christenson/PopolVuh.pdf

Sturluson, Snorri. “Gylfaginning: Here Begins the Beguiling of Gylfi.” Edda, Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/pre/pre04.htm. Accessed 1 Dec. 2022.

Wyndham, John. Yoruba Creation Myth. Myths of Ife. E. Macdonald, 1921. Maricopa Community Colleges, open.maricopa.edu/worldmythologyvolume1godsandcreation/chapter/from-myths-of-ife-yoruba-creation-myth/.

Chapter 3

Devi Mahatmyam. The Internet Classic Archive, https://archive.org/stream/DeviMahatmyamEnglishTransiteration/Devi%20Mahatmyam%20English%20Transliteration_djvu.txt.

Euripides. Medea. Translated by E. P. Coleridge. The Internet Classic Archive, http://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/medea.html

Greek and Egyptian Hymns to Isis. Attalus. http://www.attalus.org/poetry/isis_hymns.html

Homer. Hymn to Demeter. Translated by Hugh Evelyn-White. Loeb Classical Library, https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/demeter.htm.

Mark, Emily. “Most Popular Gods & Goddesses of Ancient China.” World History Encyclopedia, 25 April 2016, www.worldhistory.org/article/894/most-popular-gods–goddesses-of-ancient-china/. Accessed 1 Dec. 2022.

Plutarch. Moralia. Translated by Frank Cole Babbitt, Harvard University Press, 1936. Perseus Digital Library, www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0239.

Yasumaro, Ō no. The Kojiki. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, 1919. The Internet Sacred Text Archive, sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/index.htm. https://sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/index.htm

Chapter 4

Beckwith, Martha Warren. Jamaica Anansi Stories. The American Folklore Society, 1924. Wikisource, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Jamaica_Anansi_Stories

Harris, Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus. Appleton and Company, 1881. Full Text Archive, https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/Uncle-Remus/

Honey, James A. South African Folk-Tales. The Baker & Taylor Company, 1910. Ancient Texts, https://www.ancient-texts.com/book/south-african-folk-tales/#Page_79

How the Native Bear Lost His Tail (Native American Folk). The Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://sacred-texts.com/aus/mla/mla21.htm

“Native American Raven Creation Myth.” USC Digital Folklore Archives, 2019, http://folklore.usc.edu/native-american-raven-creation-myth/

Spence, Lewis.  Coniraya Viracocha.” The Myths of Mexico and Peru, 1913. Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://sacred-texts.com/nam/mmp/mmp10.htm

Sturluson, Snorri. “Gylfaginning: Here Begins the Beguiling of Gylfi.” Edda, Internet Sacred Text Archive, www.sacred-texts.com/neu/pre/pre04.htm. Accessed 1 Dec. 2022.

Why the Whale Spouts, the Starfish is Ragged, and the Native Bear has Strong Arms. The Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://sacred-texts.com/aus/mla/mla08.htm

Chapter 5

Note: Sources for the theoretical readings in this chapter (ex. “Joseph Campbell in Context”) can be found at the bottom of each of the essays.

Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library. Translated by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Harvard University Press, 1921. Perseus Digital Library, www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D4.

Bellows, Henry Adams. Thrymskvitha, The Lay of Thrym: Introductory Note. The Poetic Edda. Internet Sacred Text Archive, sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe11.htm. https://sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe11.htm

Quetzalcoatl (Aztec Mythology). Internet Sacred Text Archive, https://sacred-texts.com/etc/omw/omw82.htm

Sanders, N. K. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Assyrian International News Agency, 1962, www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.htm

Sophocles. Oedipus King of Thebes. Translated by Gilbert Murray, The Project Gutenberg, 2008, www.gutenberg.org/files/27673/27673-h/27673-h.htm.

 

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