Read Don’t Know Much About® Mythology Online
Authors: Kenneth C. Davis
gods
African, 409–10, 418–27
Aztec, 470–74
in, 45
Chinese, 374–79
Egyptian, 78–82, 93–97
Goddess movement, 41–42, 140–42, 309
Greek and Roman, 199–216
Incan, 479–81
Japanese, 387–91
Mayan, 462–63
Mesopotamian, 126–29, 144–50
and, 25–28
Norse, 300–306
North American, 488–92
theme, 16, 41–42, 89, 147, 206, 208–9, 472–73
sexuality of, 26–27, 47 (
see also
sexuality)
shifting, 281, 284, 307, 424, 451
sun (
see
sun gods)
Golden Bough, The
, 16, 20, 41–42
Golden Fleece, Jason and the (Greek), 35, 226–28
gold ring story (Norse), 306–8
Gong Gong (Chinese), 373, 377
gospel, myth as, 25
government.
See
democracy; kleptocracy; monarchy; rulers; theocracy
Great Ennead family (Egyptian), 78–82
Great Mother
African, 11
American, 449–50, 484, 491
Celtic, 274
Chinese, 378–79
Egyptian, 81, 88, 95–96, 113
Goddess worship and, 41–42
Greek, 185, 211–12, 215
Mesopotamian, 140–42
Norse, 302
Virgin Mary, 88
Great Pyramid, 99–103
Great Seal of the United States, 104–5
Great Sphinx, 97–98
Great Spirit (American), 449
Great Wall of China, 361
Greek myths, 171–261
of theocracy, 187–90
Asclepius, 228–30
Atlantis, 231–34
myths, 194–98
Delphic Oracle, 237–39
influences, 88–89, 182–87
gods, 199–216
Greek history and, 179–82
Hesiod, Homer, and, 191–93
Hippocrates, 230–31
Homer’s
Iliad
and
Odyssey
, 241–45
Jason and the Golden Fleece, 35, 226–28
of Heracles (Hercules), 222–26
milestones, 175–78
Odysseus, 248–51
Oedipus, 47, 239–41
Pandora, 218–19
Perseus and Medusa, 30, 221
Promotheus, 216–18
Roman myths as, 251–54 (
see also
Roman myths)
Theseus and the Minotaur, 234–37
Trojan War, 245–48
Zeus and flood story, 219–20
Guan Di (Chinese), 375
guardian spirits (African), 410
Gucumatz (Aztec), 472
Gunnodyak (North American), 488
Gupta Empire, 330, 351
Hachiman (Japanese), 388
Hades (Greek), 205–6, 209–11, 225–26
Hahgwedhdiyu and Hahgwedaetgan (North American), 488
Halloween
Celtic Samhain festival and, 290–92
Día del los Muertos and, 5, 469–70
Hamilton, Edith, 172, 180
Hammurabi, 136, 142–44
Hanuman (Indian), 347
Hapy (Egyptian), 94
Harappan civilization, 324–25
Hare (African), 5, 410–11, 414
Harris, Joel Chandler, 411, 426
hatha yoga, 340
Hathor (Egyptian), 94–95
Hauhet (Egyptian), 76–77
Havva, 10
Hawaii, 501, 503
healers.
See
shamans
hearts, ritual weighing of, 90–93
Hebe (Greek), 212, 226
Hebrew myths.
See
Judeo-Christian religion
Hecatonchires (Greek), 195, 197
Hector (Greek), 244
Heh (Egyptian), 76–77
Heimdall (Norse), 302–3
Hel (Norse), 7, 301, 303
Helen of Troy (Greek), 27, 216, 243–44, 246–47
Heliopolis, 77–78, 79, 83–84
Helios (Greek), 202, 203
Hell (Judeo-Christian), 7, 209
Hellene (Greek), 220
Hephaestus (Greek), 76, 203, 211, 212, 217
Hera (Greek), 2, 27, 185, 193, 207, 211–12, 215, 222
Heracles or Hercules (Greek), 198, 212, 221–27
Hermaphroditus (Greek), 201
Hermes (Greek), 2, 76, 201, 207, 212–13, 228
Herodotus, 63, 77, 99, 128, 186
heroes, myths and, 26–27, 378–79
Hesiod, 19, 191–93, 199, 216, 218–19
Hesperides, apples of the, 225
Hestia (Greek), 185, 213–14
heterae (Greek), 200
Hiawatha, 495–98
hieroglyphics
Aztec and Maya, 447
Egyptian, 36, 66, 71–72
Mayan, 455–56
Hina (Pacific Island), 503
Hinduism.
See
Indian myths
Hinun (North American), 488
Hippocrates, 171, 230–31
Hippolyta, girdle of, 224–25
history.
See also
milestones
Abraham, 163–64
Celtic myths, 272–76
Chinese myths, 361–64
Delphic Oracle, 238
of Troy, 37–38
Egyptian myths, 70–74
Gilgamesh, 156–57
Greek myths, 179–82
Homer, 242
Imhotep, 95
Indian myths, 317–25
King Arthur, 294–95
and, 28
Mayan myths, 453–54
Mesopotamian myths, 13, 117–18, 122–26, 129–31, 133–34, 156–57
Moses, 109–10
as historical allegory, 34–37, 156–57
Noah’s flood, 159
Norse myths, 295–98
oral (
see
oral traditions)
of myths in, 8–9, 12–15, 111–13
Trojan War, 247–48
Hitler, Adolf, 8, 318–19
Hod (Norse), 301
holidays
Aztec, 469–70
Christmas (
see
Christmas)
Greek, 189
Halloween (
see
Halloween)
May Day, 291–92
Mesopotamian New Year, 128, 139–40, 153
myths and, 5–6
new world myths and, 396
Holy Grail, 8, 29, 283, 293
Holy Trinity, 278
Homer, 1, 24, 26, 37–38, 181, 191–93, 199, 226, 241–45, 255–57
homosexuality, 155, 216
horned gods, 281
horse of Diomede, 224
horses, North Americans and, 483
Horus (Egyptian), 27, 86, 87–88, 95, 105, 113
Hou I or Hou Yi (Chinese), 378–79
Hou T’ou (Chinese), 376
Huai-nan Tzu, 354
Huang Di or Huang-Ti (Chinese), 374, 376
Huang Shang-Ti (Chinese), 376
Huitzilopochtli (Aztec), 465, 467, 471
human evolution, 405
humanism, Greek, 180–81, 190
human sacrifice
Aztecs and, 465–67, 473, 474
Celtic, 276–79, 282
Chinese, 366
Egyptian, 100
Greek, 188, 210, 220
Incan, 476
Indian myths and, 7–8, 341
Jewish rejection of, 164
Mayan, 459–62
Mesopotamian, 145, 153
and, 8, 16
Norse, 297
Humbaba (Mesopotamian), 155
Hunab (Mayan), 462
Hunahpu (Mayan), 457, 460–62
Huracan (Mayan), 456
Hyacinth (Greek), 202–3
Hydra, Lernean, 223
Hyksos kings, Egyptian, 69–70
Hyperion (Greek), 195
Icarus, 235
I Ching, 353, 365, 367–68, 375, 381
Idun (Norse), 303
Ifa (African), 425
Igaluk (North American), 488
Iktome or Ik-to-mi (North American), 488–89
Iliad
, 37–38, 181, 241–45, 255–57
Imana (African), 420
Imbolc festival, 282
Imhotep (Egyptian), 95
immaculate conception, Aztec, 471
immortality, 155, 157, 303
Inanna (Mesopotamian), 41–42, 89, 128, 135, 145, 148, 150–54, 166
Inari (Japanese), 388–89
Incan myths, 475–81.
See also
American myths
of Machu Picchu, 475–78
myth, 478–79
gods, 479–81
incest.
See also
sexuality
Chinese, 372–73
Egyptian, 89–90
Incan, 479
Japanese, 387–88
Mesopotamian, 147
Indian (term), 441
Indian myths, 313–52
avatars, 333
Buddhism, Jainism, and, 9, 348–52
creation myths, 331–33
gods, 334–45
Mahabharata
, Bhagavad-Gita, and, 345–47
Indian history and, 7–8, 309–11, 317–30
milestones, 315–16
Rama and
Ramayana
, 347–48
Rig-Veda, 40, 45
Indo-European languages, 252, 318, 321–22
Indra (Indian), 252, 334–35, 349
Indus River Valley, 318
Inti (Incan), 449, 479–80
Io (Greek), 2, 212
Iphigenia, 245
Iran, 319
Iraq, 123, 124–25, 131
Ireland, 275, 282–84.
See also
Celtic myths
Ishtar.
See
Inanna (Mesopotamian)
Isis (Egyptian), 42, 81, 85–90, 93, 96, 113
Islam, 9, 58–59, 309, 394, 406
Israel, 108, 166
Itzamna (Mayan), 462–63
Ixbalanque (Mayan), 457, 460–62
Ixchel (Mayan), 463
Ixtab (Mayan), 463
Izanagi and Izanami (Japanese), 387, 389, 390
Jade Emperor (Chinese), 376
Jainism, 319, 348, 351–52
Japanese myths, 384–91.
See also
Chinese myths
emperors and, 9, 384–86
gods, 387–91
milestones, 360
Shinto religion, 386–87
Jarl (Norse), 303
Jarmo, 130
Jason and the Golden Fleece (Greek), 35, 226–28
jen concept (Chinese), 381
Jerusalem, 70, 162
Jesus Christ, 5–6, 29, 42, 113, 169, 216–17, 278, 304.
See also
Bible; Judeo-Christian religion; Christmas
Jewish myths.
See
Judeo-Christian religion
Jimmu-tenno (Japanese), 384–85, 388, 390