Includes index.

Europe. The creation of the universe -- The Titans and their children -- The overthrow of Kronos -- The twelve Olympians -- The creation of humankind -- Aphrodite and Hephaestus -- Pygmalion's statue -- Pandora's jar -- Apollo, the musician -- The Oracle of Delphi -- Daphne's plight -- Athena's gift -- Arachne's pride -- The Underworld -- The abduction of Persephone -- Tricksters -- The labors of Heracles -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- Perseus and Medusa -- Theseus and the Minotaur -- Bellerophon and Pegasus -- The fall of Icarus -- Jason and the Argonauts -- Greek sea deities -- The tragedy of Oedipus -- The Trojan War -- Underworld deities -- Odysseus journeys home -- The trial of Orestes -- Aeneas's destiny -- Vesta, the domestic goddess -- The spring deity -- Pomona's orchard -- The creation of the cosmos -- The world tree -- Odin's wisdom -- Thor's hammer -- Loki and Balder -- Ragnarök -- The Ring saga -- The impossible quest -- Beowulf -- The Good God -- The young son -- Cúchulain's fate -- Deidre's sorrows -- Finn MacCumhaill -- The Land of the Young -- Pwyll and Rhiannon -- Pryderi vanishes -- Brân's head -- Lleu's struggles -- The sword in the stone -- The quest for the Grail -- Sir Lancelot's betrayal -- The adventures of Robin Hood -- Mythical objects -- Baba Yaga, the witch -- Vasilisa's escape -- The death of Koschei -- Ivan and the Firebird -- Rusalka and the prince -- Asia. The birth of gods -- Marduk creates Babylon -- Inanna in the Underworld -- Gilgamesh, the tyrant -- Baal's rise to power -- The fearsome Anat -- Mythical weapons -- The triumphs of Teshub -- Wrong and Right -- The struggle against evil -- Rustum and Sohrab -- The sky god and his creations -- The eagle's food -- Great queens -- Pan Gu creates the universe -- The great flood -- The Three Officials -- The Jade Emperor's court -- The Eight Immortals -- Yi, the heavenly archer -- The adventures of Monkey -- Izanagi and Izanami -- Amaterasu and the mirror -- The fox-wife -- The good deeds of Okuninushi -- Kintaro -- Creatures in myth -- Brahma, the creator -- The churning of the ocean -- Shiva, the destroyer -- The great goddess -- Rama's journey -- Avatars of Vishnu -- The Great War -- Africa. Ra's creation -- Ptah's creation -- The death of Osiris -- The Egyptian afterlife -- Egyptian goddesses -- The tricks of Anansi -- The creation of Ife -- The first cattle -- The eland and the coming of night -- /Kaggen and the world tree -- Magical beings -- The adventures of Mwindo -- The Americas. The Feathered Serpent -- Aztec nature deities -- The Hero Twins -- Fate and fortune -- The five eras of creation -- Inca beginnings -- Inca deities -- The beggar god -- The Forest Mother -- The creation of night -- Oceania. Greedy Lumaluma -- The Rainbow Serpent -- Mythological siblings -- The Wawilak Sisters - Maori deities -- Maui feats.